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TIL Of the bizarre "Huron King" nuclear test, which involved detonating an underground nuke, exposing a satellite in a special test chamber to radiation. The chamber was then dragged to safety before it fell in the crater

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rKpo TIL Aladdin’s face was based on Tom Cruise.
4XMAa TIL A brass lion’s head gripping a large brass ring was the most quintessentially British doorknocker. The lion as the king of beasts has been a symbol not only of strength, valor, and power but of Great Britain itself for centuries.
6EKO7 TIL the Titanic isn't the largest passenger ship wreck on the sea floor. Its sister ship, the Brittanic, sank in WWI during its service as a hospital ship, after hitting a sea mine near Greece. 1035 survived while 30 people died, most from a lifeboat hitting the ship's propeller.
WkXvX TIL that in 1729, Jonathan Swift published a satirical essay in which suggested that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food to rich gentlemen. This satirical hyperbole mocked heartless attitudes of the British towards the poor and Irish in general
BgNDk TIL Rockefellers wealth in todays US Dollars (inflation adjusted) would amount to around 25 Billion, not 400. The higher estimate is derived calculating his wealth as a percentage of the US GDP.