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TIL 6 nuclear weapons COMPLETELY VANISHED between 1950 and 1968

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JYbR8 TIL about the saying "Cup of Joe". The meaning of the saying is a little unclear but it was narrowed down to 2 ideas. The term was either derived from "Cup of Jamoke", which is from Java and Mocha and then was shortened to Joe or it is using Joe as a fellow guy to signify the drink of a common man.
MDB TIL that there is a German word for the sound which occurs when you’re rummaging for the right LEGO piece: Gruschteling
rMd1 TIL Canada’s 1886 Indian Act defined “person” as “an individual other than an Indian”
RXej TIL of Nyarri Morgan, an Australian aboriginal man who had no contact with the Western world until he witnessed - with no context - an atomic test and its resulting effects
kOox7 TIL Sriracha is a Thai-style sauce, made by Vietnamese migrants in America using American jalapeno chillies.​The original ('sriraja panich') uses 'Prik Chee Fah' chillies