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TIL Richard Nixon ordered a nuclear attack on North Korea while drunk

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9VLX TIL a Hiroshima policeman went to Nagasaki to teach police about ducking after the atomic flash. As a result of this timely warning, not a single Nagasaki policeman died.
YRAZ TIL; Israel supported apartheid regime of South Africa, defying international sanctions, to acquire uranium for the sake of producing its nuclear arsenal.
Y71mB TIL New Mexico was named before the country of Mexico. As early as 1561, Spanish colonial explorers used el Nuevo México to refer to Cíbola, cities of wealth reported to exist far to the north of the recently established New Spain. It became the New Mexico Territory and the state of New Mexico.
9wY4m TIL that wilt chamberlain had more 70 point games than everyone else in nba history combined
nekpP TIL FEMA tweeted a 1-800 phone sex talk line when they meant to tweet a 1-888 Hurricane Irma helpline. They soon tweeted the correct one, but some hurricane victims had already dialed in to hear: “Welcome to America’s hottest talk line. Guys, hot ladies are waiting to talk to you."