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TIL in 1964 an icy runway caused a taxiing B-58 bomber to flop over and topple onto its fuel tanks. This ignited 14,000 gallons of blended gasoline and kerosene and barbecued the bomber’s nuclear payload…including a 9-megaton bomb powerful enough to flash fry any exposed human within 20 miles.

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91mQ TIL that Kublai Khan’s mother was Christian - which featured heavily in his open mindedness to other cultures and religions
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9jR7 TIL L'appel du vide (“the call of the void”) describes the urge to engage in destructive behaviors, like swerving into oncoming traffic or jumping off a cliff