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TIL the first scorpions were amphibious and could reach 2.5m (8ft) in length

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6p7W TIL Hydrogen bombs usually do not contain hydrogen because it is difficult to store. They instead use lithium that is split into hydrogen by an atomic bomb. It worked so well that the first bomb went off with 3 times the expected yield, set the world record, and still holds the US record for yield.
KO1nR TIL that Cherophobia is fear of being happy. It is the belief that when one becomes happy,something bad will happen.
W9w9 Til Jackie Chan was scheduled to film a scene on top of one of the twin towers on 9/11, lucky for him It was cancelled.
awm6y TIL eminem would let his daughter hailey listen to his music when she was little, but if he felt the song had too much swearing in it he would make her a clean version so she could listen to that on her walkman instead... what an og, great dad vibes...
1KWd TIL Lynyrd Skynyrd named thier band after a gym teacher who suspended them for having long hair. His name was Leonard Skinner.