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TIL that Israel’s nuclear doctrine is to nuke the entire world, even neutral states, if it faces a nuclear attack

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9x1D TIL that the “crunch” of crisps is the result of a hundred or more tiny air bubbles being released at speeds of 300 meters per second… in other words, a crunch is a tiny sonic boom inside your mouth.
Wkkwd TIL Nude hiking is not allowed in Appenzell, Switzerland. If caught, nude hikers can be fined for practicing "immoral habits".
O7bL TIL The first “picture” of Halley’s comet can be seen on the Bayeux tapestry which was possibly completed in 1077
7b9X TIL in 2001 Pizza Hut paid the Russian space agency to send a pizza to the International Space Station at the cost of $1 million
R7Mw9 TIL The first sitting member of Congress to be assassinated was an Arkansas Congressman murdered by the K.K.K in 1868. Despite identifying his killer by name before his death the assassin was never arrested or charged with a crime.