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TIL The first aerial bombardment of the United States was an accident by an Irish Mercenary who thought he was attacking Mexico

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OGQvX TIL a Russian man by the name of Anatoli Bugorski stuck his head into a particle accelerator and survived
E1DKd TIL the Unisphere, built in Queens, NY for the 1964 World’s Fair, had lights representing the capitals of the nations of the world, including one indicating the location of the Kahnawake Indian Reservation for the Mohawk Indians who helped build the monument.
xVxK5 TIL the official measure/definition of a second (time): The duration of 9,192,631,770 ‘oscillations’ of a Caesium 133 atom at rest and at absolute zero temperature
Boxd TIL that in France in the 1500s, women could charge their husbands with impotence. He would have to become erect and show he could ejaculate in a courtroom. If he failed, he could demand a Trial by Congress and attempt to have sex with his wife in front of the experts.
Oyw1 TIL Macadamia nuts are never sold in the shell because it takes ~300-pounds-per-square-inch of pressure to break the shell! (Bonus: you probably already knew that macadamias are NOT native to Hawaii, coming originally from Australia.)