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TIL South Africa developed 6 nuclear bombs but dismantled all of them in the early 90s

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Zp9NB TIL In 2020 Scientists found the world's oldest sperm inside a crustacean trapped in amber 100 million years ago.
6EpaJ TIL The Big Ben is the name of the bell, not the Clock Tower and it sounds an E Natural
gr7aX TIL the word "dollar" originates from the thaler, the shortened version of the word Joachimsthaler, the silver coin currency used by the Kingdom of Bohemia minted from silver mined in the town of Joachimsthal.
VMxjB TIL: There are 20 non-canonical books (books not in the Bible) that are referenced in the Hebrew Bible, most of which are lost works.
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