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TIL that in 1984, British Railways deliberately crashed a train carrying nuclear fuel to prove its safety.

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6E4PY TIL that in 1980, the Supreme Court ruled that the US unjustly took 73 million acres of tribal land from the Sioux, including the sacred Black Hills. The Supreme Court the US to pay recompense totaling over $1 billion. The Sioux have never taken the money, instead demanding the return of the land.
mxGnP TIL Hitler wouldn't allow the use of toxic gas in combat during WWII. He had himself being gassed while serving in WWI, afterward he said he couldn't stand the smell of people cooking meat cause it reminded him of being gassed.
5mbp TIL that in 1969, in response to one of the largest ever anti-war demonstrations, Richard Nixon wanted Army helicopters to hover over protesters and blow out their candlelit vigil
9Pkp TIL there is a species of deer with fangs.
WkMKd TIL of the Invention Secrecy Act. The government has a program in place which specifically deals with inventions that are deemed to be "threats to national security" (open thread for choice quotes). There are currently 6102 inventions under lock and key, some of which "pertain to energy generation".