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TIL After a Japanese balloon bomb knocked out power to the Manhattan Project's Hanford nuclear site in WW2 the plan for stopping the next balloon was to fly up in a plane and throw bricks at it.

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Oov8g TIL stunt performer and Jack-Ass star, Steve-O was born in Wimbledon, London
OPaY TIL that a “mail-order church” fought the IRS for tax-exempt status for 17 years. Status was granted in 2000. In 2007, the “church” earned $6 million per month, mostly by targeting low income and elderly persons who were told that donations are required to have their prayers answered.
QJnQp TIL climacophilia mean that you have a fetish for falling down stairs
R7807 TIL that cheating is so acceptable in China that the people will riot if not allowed to do so. Over 2000 people barricaded school staff while chanting "There is no fairness if you do not let us cheat" after students were confiscated of their cheats.
Wk4RY TIL: Commerical Flight Attendants and Pilots are 4x more likely to get cancer in their lifetime, because of the time they spend flying, with a thinner atmosphere and more solar particles. They recive 3x more radiation a year than a nuclear plant employee