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TIL South Africa is the only country to have ever developed its own nuclear weapons and then voluntarily dismantled them.

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gMRbb TIL the Swedish reggae-pop band Ace of Base has a secret Nazi past
6EYDZ TIL in April 1989, 96 people died during a football match at Hillsborough football ground in Sheffield, Yorkshire
84JG TIL That the Rockefeller owned Standard Oil was declared a monopoly, forced to split into 33 companies in 1911 including Exxon and Mobil which then re-merged in 1999 into ExxonMobil the 8th largest company in the world.
16aer TIL 35 to 45% of cases of Borderline Personality Disorder are influenced by genetics.
rMrw TIL that tattoos among sailors became popular in order to help Americans prove their ID to avoid impressment into the Royal Navy. They also helped to identify bodies lost at sea.