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TIL the bomb used in the Oklahoma City bombing took an estimated inflation-adjusted $10 000 to produce

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9OOG TIL the RMS Lusitania carried undeclared war munitions as cargo. It was also originally designed to be converted to a warship by the British government
BrbAD TIL At 65 Stephen Hawking fulfilled his dream and did a backflip in zero gravity
woywY TIL that Gloria Ramirez earned the nickname "The Toxic Lady" because doctors and nurses became ill after airborne exposure to her body. She had cervical cancer, and while treating her, three hospital workers fainted, and others experienced symptoms such as shortness of breath and muscle spasms.
jNDop TIL since the early 1990s, 10% of all electricity consumed in the United States has come from decommissioned Soviet nuclear warheads.
8e9eP TIL an avid cricket fan, Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger founded Jagged Internetworks as a way to better cover the sport on the internet.