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TIL that around half of the USA’s nuclear arsenal is inside of 14 submarines.

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1rQW TIL that Montreal has a whole underground city that is used to walk around during the winter time.
4X9bw TIL that in 1977 a small town in West Virginia named Vulcan asked the USSR to help them rebuild a bridge after being denied funding by the local government. The WVA government gave them the money less then an hour after the story broke and a soviet journalist was sent to investigate.
vPX7B TIL that in 1883, the tiny community of Lijar in Spain declared war against France for insulting the Spanish king. They declared peace 1983 after negotiating a peace treaty, and no actual fighting ever took place.
kJGEg TIL that, despite belief it came out in 1991 alongside Sonic the Hedgehog 1, the Genesis, known as the Mega Drive outside of the USA, was actually released in 1989 in the USA.
ReA6 TIL of a drunk driver convicted of manslaughter who was sentenced to wear his victim’s name and spend her birthday and holidays in prison