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TIL that, to date, six nuclear weapons have been lost and never recovered.

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0woyL TIL a Princeton University undergraduate designed an atomic bomb for his term paper. When American nuclear scientists said it would work, the FBI confiscated his paper and classified it. Few months later he was contacted by French and Pakistani officials who offered to buy his design. He got an "A".
4XM85 TIL that in Nordic countries like Denmark, people enjoy a salty licorice candy using a different type of salt -- ammonium chloride. Its flavor can be incredibly polarizing due to how much more potent it is to table salt.
5YDZp TIL about the Thibodaux Massacre, a racial attack mounted by white paramilitary groups in Thibodaux, Louisiana from November 22-25 1887. As many as 300 overall were killed, wounded or missing, making it one of the most violent labor disputes in U.S. history.
KyZG TIL Bicycles have no speed limits in the UK, but you can get charged with ‘cycling furiously’.
yVjVX TIL that people used to think your kidneys controlled your conscience, and several Bible verses refer to God inspecting people’s kidneys.