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TIL there is a nuclear bomb lost at the bottom of the Philippine Sea

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xQyk TIL the first banned book in the US was Thomas Morton’s “New English Canaan” published in 1637, which was sympathetic to Native Americans and critical of the Puritans
ZN8p TIL an Ohio woman once got out of a parking ticket because of a missing comma in the state’s laws. She successfully argued that her car wasn’t a “motor vehicle camper” and therefore wasn’t included in the list of prohibited vehicles.
mx0YM TIL A house cat bit its owner in the middle of the night to alert the family for the house fire. The family got out in time with no injuries and the fire department confirmed the cat was partially responsible for the rescue, "Hero kitty"
oBGPR TIL that as of May of this year, there are still two survivors of the polio epidemic living in the US that depend on iron lungs
nk47 TIL a Hungarian man was shot in the frontal lobe during World War 1, making it impossible for him to fall asleep. He continued to live a full, sleepless life.