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TIL in 1965, To simulate an atomic blast, the US Navy detonated 500 tons of TNT on the sacred Hawaiian island of Kahoolawe, cracking the islands groundwater, draining it into sea

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Adal TIL Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman have published their Mythbusters results in peer reviewed journals. Specifically the comparison between wood and stone tipped arrow penetration.
D9De TIL Having bridesmaids in a wedding wasn’t originally for moral support. They were “intended to confuse evil spirits or those who wished to harm the bride.”
KPga TIL that due to the collapse of the Soviet Union, Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev was stranded on the Mir space station until the political situation stabilized.
xVoG1 TIL that there is a black market where professors write college papers and homework for students. A journalist tried to expose one site as a scam, but got an A- instead.
XE9pj TIL Johann Trollmann who was a gypsy boxing champion put in a labour camp in Nazi Germany, was forced to fight against a feared ex-criminal and prison guard and won despite being malnourished and exhausted. The still bitter prison guard sought revenge by murdering Johann with a shovel later.