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TIL the Tomb of the Unknowns’ sentinels will confront people who are disrespectful.

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BVyk TIL that in the ‘60s at the height of the Cold War, the US continuously flew planes carrying nuclear bombs around the world as a precautionary measure in the event of an attack by the USSR. 5 of these planes crashed, and nuclear contamination resulted in at least 2 instances.
wL6DJ TIL that food companies learned from the 1990 Perrier Water debacle how not to do a recall after discovering product contamination.
JYYGl As the international community debates what should be done with Syria's chemical weapons program, here is a look at what chemical weapons are, and what it takes to safely dispose of them.
Z8yJo TIL Shinjuku Station in Tokyo is the busiest transport hub in the world - used by an average of 3.6 million people per day
nWKlY TIL that the first known literary usage of OMG was in a letter written to Winston Churchill in 1917