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TIL to avoid detection by sats Indian scientists working on nuclear testing would only work at night and return things to normal place by morning

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R5Ea TIL: TSA must let musical instruments on as carry on thanks to lobbying from musician organizations.
x4Dg TIL that 5.5 million people died in a famine under British rule in India. Around the same time, Lord Lytton, the Vice Roy of India was engaged in a fabulous celebration with over 60 000 guests to be wined and fed for the coronation of Queen Victoria as the Empress of India.
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