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TIL in 1958 the USAF lost a nuclear bomb in the waters off Georgia as the result of a mid-air collision. It has never been found.

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B5Ke TIL the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia employs 74 cats to take care of rodents. These cats are so important that they even have their own press secretary, and there are special kitchens in the Hermitage that prepare food for them.
b9mRZ TIL the canyon where R2-D2 was attacked by Jawas is the same place where the Ark of the Covenant was opened in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
gragA TIL about a 61 year old potato farmer who entered an ultramarathon and "shuffled" through the nights to the finish beating second place by 10 hours
OGeA6 TIL that in 1993 Todd Rundgren released the first interactive album, No World Order, for the Philips CD-i (under the name TR-i). The disc allowed listeners to listen to six different versions of the album from guest producers and make their own mix.
Z9MQ TIL North Korea classifies each of its citizens into one of three groups (called Songbun:) the “core class,” the “wavering class,” and the “hostile class.”