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TIL That in the 50s, CBS deemed the word "“pregnant,” too vulgar for air on I Love Lucy

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wo56E TIL In 1943, the USS Borie engaged U-405 in the Atlantic. Borie rammed the U-Boat, landing on top of it, causing the crews to engage with shotguns and rifles. One German sailor was shot in the chest with a flare gun.
7r6BZ TIL: In Russian Orthodoxy, the patron saint of Russia’s nuclear weapons is St. Seraphim.
pmKb TIL that 70 scientists working on the Manhattan Project signed a petition calling for a demonstration of the atomic bomb to be held with Japanese officials present. It never reached President Truman.
1KrX TIL the only souvenirs Bryan Cranston kept from the five seasons of Breaking Bad were Heisenberg’s hat and sunglasses
GAyrj TIL the IAA mysteriously requested that Yaron Rosenthal bury the discovery of some proto-Aeolic columns, saying, “Yaron, please, you found it, but we know about it. Now forget the whole thing and keep your mouth shut.”