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TIL The TSA Spent $900 Million on Behavior Detection Officers Who Detected 0 Terrorists

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8adXG TIL in 1957, five men stood directly underneath a 2-kiloton nuclear bomb detonated at 18,500 feet to demonstrate how safe it was. One looked up at the explosion through regular sunglasses. They all lived into their 70s or 80s
vPYb8 TIL that 'Bend It Like Beckham' (2002) was the first ever Western-made film to air on television in North Korea
vPPr4 TIL the TV channel TLC was originally founded by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and NASA to transmit educational lessons to children in schools.
kwYg TIL The alleged last surviving veteran of the American Revolutionary War also had the longest recorded marriage at 91 years, 12 days: The only documented marriage to have broken the 90-year anniversary mark.
VMwKD TIL That green peppers are just unripe versions of red peppers