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TIL that on a TV debate program in November 1949 Senator Edwin Johnson of Colorado inadvertently blurted out the top-secret fact that the US government was considering development of the hydrogen bomb

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KYwZG TIL coconuts were "relatively common" in medieval England. In one instance from 1259, the Master of Sherborn Hospital willed a coconut cup to his niece.
klQ5 TIL Swedish Auto maker Saab make vehicles with floor mounted ignitions. They believe this is safer considering drivers can shatter their kneecaps on steering column ignitions during an accident. This also makes Saabs more difficult to Hot-Wire.
YpdRG TIL that, in the American West of the 1800s, up to one in four Texan cowboys was African American. The number of Mexican cowboys was even greater.
WKM4 TIL that the Weezer song “Mykel & Carli”, released in 1994, is about sisters Mykel and Carli Allan who established the band’s fan club and are considered the band’s biggest fans. Mykel and Carli, and younger sister Trisha, died in a car accident in 1997; members of Weezer attended their funeral.
7rVeb TIL: In 1947, the Superman radio show did a series called "Clan of the Fiery Cross" in which they exposed many of the KKK's most guarded secrets. Within two weeks of the broadcast, KKK recruitment was down to zero. And by 1948, people were showing up to Klan rallies just to mock them.