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TIL two nuclear bombs were ejected over farms in North Carolina. Neither detonated. The military's investigation found that six of the seven steps required to detonate the bombs had been completed. There was only one trigger which had stopped the blast.

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0lvN TIL in 1962 the USSR decided to test a 300kt nuclear bomb in space over a populated area, the resulting EMP fused 350 miles of telephone lines, shut down 621 miles of buried power cables and burnt down a power station. The following year they signed & ratified a treaty banning tests in outer space.
OnX4 TIL that Nosebleed, a movie (starring Jackie Chan) about a window washer at the World Trade Centre who stops a terrorist attack, had to be cancelled when the attacks happened in the real world.
QMQ9 TIL that the only Soviet citizens taken hostage during the Lebanese civil war were freed unharmed after the KGB kidnapped and castrated a close relative of a prominent Hezbollah leader and mailed him the parts.
Jonj TIL when Nicolas Cage was sleeping at his home, he was awoken by a presence. Cage awoke to find a naked man before his eyes, eating a fudgesicle and wearing his jacket. “It sounds funny” Cage said, “but it was horrifying”. Cage used “Verbal Judo” to get the man to leave. Cage now lives on an island.
BlRd TIL that when Peter Cullen auditioned for the voice of Optimus Prime, his inspiration for the voice style came from his brother: “Peter, don’t be a Hollywood hero, be a real hero. Real heroes don’t yell and act tough; they are tough enough to be gentle, so control yourself.”