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TIL in 2008 pranksters hacked into a Czech weathercast and added a nuclear bomb blast to the live video of the view outdoors.

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JJM1 TIL: 2,000-year-old seeds were discovered in 1963 inside an ancient jar in Israel. They were planted in 2005 and a tree that had been extinct for over 1800 years sprouted.
Bg0MK TIL the Nigerian government banned the Communist Party of Nigeria in 1966
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