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Today I learned people are wrapping bacon around burritos in San Diego

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4X07J TIL the United States conducted an underground nuclear test that didn't stay underground. The fallout from the underground test spread over Nevada and into California. Two workers eventually died from the radiation.
5bnk TIL that the music used in the “You wouldn’t steal a car” anti-piracy advertisement was pirated
LQObp TIL Nicotine isn't only found in the Tobacco plant, it is also found in potatoes, tomatoes, peppers and even eggplants.
loWMG TIL about the movie C. R. A. Z. Y.. The director spent over 600,000 dollars (nearly 10% of the movie's budget) in acquiring the rights for songs made by bands such as Pink Floyd and Rolling Stones. The rights just for Rolling Stones' 'Symphaty for the Devil' were acquired at the price of $138,000.
v1nA7 TIL that in 1829 the British Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington, took part in a pistol duel with an Earl who had vehemently disagreed with his plan for Catholic Emancipation. Neither man managed to shoot the other, and the Earl later wrote him an apology