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TIL the USSR used a nuclear bomb to put out a gas well fire.

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M7gp0 TIL that if you're American, there is a roughly 87% chance you are the only person of your sex with your date of birth in your zip code. [PDF]
0dN4M TIL the famous silent film Nosferatu (1922) was given an unauthorized rerelease with sound in 1930 that used previously unreleased footage. This version survives today, albeit without sound, but has never been released on home video.
NP9b TIL that some cattle ranchers in South Dakota lost between 20 and 50 percent of their livestock in winter storm Atlas, and may not be eligible for insurance due to the expiration of the Farm Bill and federal government shutdown.
jNpRn TIL there are ice caps, crusts is water ice, and water crystals that can be found in many places in our own solar system on planets, moons, comets and in the rings of giant planets like Saturn.
yVlRv TIL that 23% of students at Mississippi University for Women are men