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TIL The world’s largest concentration of nukes is housed 20 miles NW of Seattle, and it’s defended by trained dolphins.

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b6yj0 TIL the creator of the children's game series Putt Putt, Shelley Day, went to prison for fraud in 2005.
7rvEM TIL that Star Wars lore was heavily influenced by Hinduism. George Lucas was a fan of the works of Joseph Campbell and his seminal book “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”. Campbell was responsible for popularizing many Hindu legends and theological concepts in the West through his works.
5YGmP TIL Berlin redrew its district borders because of an old man’s garden
yVBkv TIL the famous evangelist Kathryn Kuhlman married an already married man leading to massive controversy in early U.S. After their divorce 7 years later, she stated she actually wasn't married to him because she had fainted while saying her vows during the ceremony.
9wRv6 TIL the cars for the ending chase scene of "101 Dalmatians" were stop-motioned models Xeroxed onto the celluloid