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TIL Yugoslavia spent $6 billion constructing an underground airport that can withstand a direct strike from a 20 kiloton nuclear warhead

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pMG8 TIL- In 1935 Congress “declared war on soil erosion and enlisted kudzu as a primary weapon. More than 70 million kudzu seedlings were grown in nurseries by the newly created Soil Conservation Service.”
W79g9 TIL Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Zack Morris on Saved By The Bell) dated his three female co-stars: Lark Voorhies, Tiffani Thiessen, and Elizabeth Berkley while filming the show. Not even Zack pulled that off.
W8yB TIL severed octopus tentacles will still function as normal for up to an hour after being cut off, even going as far as to search for food and bring it back to a “phantom mouth”.
wLAlW TIL that in 1943, the life of a 2 ½ year old Jewish boy named Josef Schleifstein was saved after his father hid him in a large sack when they arrived at Buchenwald concentration camp. He was eventually found, but the guards took a liking to him and saw him as a "camp mascot". He survived the war.
E1GxW TIL After the Success of Atari 2600 games. Quaker Oats released 13 games for Atari 2600.