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TIL the United States Air Force nearly detonated an atomic bomb over North Carolina in 1961. The bomb was 260 times more powerful than the device which devasted Hiroshima in 1945.

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8a7YL TIL that the International Red Cross visited the Concentration Camp Theresienstadt during WWII and - in a complete failure to recognize that the Nazis faked everything - reported life there being nearly "normal". 33,000 people died in Theresienstadt.
x6y5D TIL in 2001 Snoop Dogg was in a hardcore porn mixing 6 music videos & 5 porn scenes. It was such a success it topped charts for adult sales two weeks & became first hardcore porn on Billboard's music video sales chart. Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle set a trend where Hip-Hop artists advertised through porn
N7KnN TIL that listening to metal and it's subgenres has been found to help relieve stress and decrease hostility, according to a study by the University of Queensland in 2015
R7wYl TIL India is more densely populated than Japan.
J1Br8 TIL the name and logo of the Philadelphia Eagles is derived from the National Recovery Administration's blue eagle logo.