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TIL Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated, was so powerful that it created seismic shocks that were measurable even on their third passage around the Earth.

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LQ1Vr TIL freedom house ambulance services is considered the first paramedic service in the US
nG0o TIL that in 2013 a Florida Cinema showed the trailer for NC-17 rated film Nymphomaniac instead of Frozen
69DNl TIL that the U.S. planned to detonate a nuclear bomb on the moon in the 1950s to show military strength during the Cold War. Carl Sagan worked on the calculations. It was called Project A119.
l0VA TIL there is a 30 meters wide rock standing out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean which was walked on by less than 20 people - almost as few as the moon.
v1DpD TIL of the Mid Night Club who would race on Tokyo's highways in excess of 200 mph in highly modified street cars.