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TIL that 15 mines detonated at the Battle of Messines on 7th June 1917 created what is still one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in human history. The blast created a 12-metre deep crater and was reportedly heard as far away as Dublin.

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pYG9A TIL Oklahoma's Official State Vegetable is Watermelon
8LmV TIL that during the Rape of Nanking, the Japanese took several thousand wounded and sick soldiers, as well as old and feeble refugees whom they had captured, tied them up, and pushed them into a river. They then threw straw doused with kerosene into the river and burned them all to death.
ANG8a TIL that the Northern cardinal can biologically suppress the West Nile virus upon infection.
lo1V5 TIL that Detroit has the worst 911 response time in America, with police & EMS taking over an hour to show up. In 2013, despite numerous 911 calls, police arrived 90 minutes later to find Stacey Hightower had been murdered by an intruder. Her mother sued the city of Detroit, but they were bankrupt.
MeKN7 TIL One night, Audra H. fainted and hit her head on a table with only her cat, Shad, at home. Shad dialed 911. The responding officer, who had a hard time believing the cat had learned to call 911, set up his dash cam and Audra simulated a fainting spell. Shad rose to the occasion and made the call.