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TIL Sir Terry Pratchett Had His Own Sword Forged Out Of Meteorite When He Was Knighted

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1aJYr TIL of a Nuclear Weapons Accident that occurred on March 10, 1956. A B-47 Stratojet carrying two plutonium cores was lost over the Mediterranean. Despite an extensive search, the plane and it's cargo was not located and it's fate remains unknown today.
rNakd TIL that the Titanic movie, which has well cemented itself in modern culture, has made less money (nominally) than Avatar 2, a movie I’ve never heard discussed in any conversation even though release 6 months ago.
x8k TIL Gandhi believed the Jews should have committed mass suicide instead of being killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust
aw7vM TIL the bikini was named after a Pacific island the United States bombed during nuclear testing nuclear testing, displacing the entire population and rendering the island uninhabitable. The bikini was supposed to have the same "explosive" effect on men who saw women wearing it.
l6ZK TIL individually packaged peanut butter slices were a thing.. and it failed.