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TIL that a hydrogen bomb is actually a package of three bombs: One conventional bomb casing, one regular atomic fission bomb and one fusion bomb.

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oBDD7 TIL Roald Dahl was a fighter pilot in WWII
BgENb TIL in the 1980s a man with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder shot himself in the head in an attempt to commit suicide - Instead of killing him, the bullet destroyed the part of his brain that was responsible for his OCD, and he went on to become a straight-A college student five years later
XEEQX TIL pluto is still considered a planet in New Mexico
RZNj TIL Congress appropriated money in 1906 to paint The Statue of Liberty because a green patina had covered its once dull-copper skin. The effort was halted largely due to public outcry and only the interior was painted.
1a75d TIL that the Dutch East India Company was valued at $7.9 trillion at its peak. That's more than the top 20 modern companies combined