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TIL: Engineers were given 10 weeks to develop the GBU-28 bunker buster to penetrate Saddam's troops which were buried 30-50 feet deep. In testing the weapon managed to bury itself over 100 feet deep, so deep that the expense in digging it up could not be justified and was deployed immediately after.

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gMwBX TIL The discovery of tomato plant on Surtsey in 1969 troubled scientists, since the volcanic island had only formed a few years earlier and thus had no life except the scientists who studied it. The mystery was solved when a scientist discovered traces of human feces near the plant: his own poo
KgPQ TIL in 2004 a man was found naked and beaten behind a Burger King. With dissociative amnesia, and despite multiple attempts including DNA, scientists have yet to determine the identity of this man who calls himself Benjaman Kyle.
b9b70 TIL, Lake Angelus is Michigan's least populated locale to be legally designated as a "city", with a population of 290
YpjAx TIL that although often thought to be a rare occurrence, a total solar eclipse happens somewhere on earth an average of once every 1.5 years
X00K6 TIL that a 2019 study showed that evening primrose plants can "hear" the sound of a buzzing bee nearby and produce sweeter nectar in response to it.