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TIL during the Operations Crossroads Nuclear Test, much of the ships surrounding the blasts were populated with test animals, many died, except for Pig #311, which was found swimming in the lagoon after the blast, and went on to live at the National Zoo in D.C.

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OGePe TIL that the placebo effect has become stronger in the US over time, meaning drugs that would have once been approved may not be now
VaOp TIL that for 10 years after WWII, there was a fourth network on American broadcast television called The DuMont Television Network. The network folded in 1956, and today it has been all but forgotten because most of its archives were destroyed.
gM1W8 TIL Julie Andrews lost the ability to sing due to a botched vocal surgery in 1997
kO144 TIL Prosperity Gospel is a religious belief among some Christians, who hold that financial blessing and physical well-being are always the will of God for them, and that faith, positive speech, and donations to religious causes will increase one’s material wealth.
GY4VG TIL the head of a tiny dinosaur that lived nearly 100 million years ago was found trapped in amber. The head of Oculudentavis khaungraae ("eye-tooth bird") is 14mm long with large eye sockets like modern lizards and upper and lower jaws full of sharp teeth, the most found on any ancestral bird.