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TIL A Canadian brigade got to New Orleans to provide aid for Katrina victims faster than the US Government.

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0dV1 TIL that the thermonuclear stage of an 3.8 megaton hydrogen bomb is buried approximately 180 feet under a field in Faro, NC. It fell from a crashing B52 in 1961. The bomb impacted the ground at nearly mach 1. Being so massive, it drove itself nearly 200 feet down and recovery was deemed impossible.
5VBdP TIL the term " white elephant gift exchange " comes from a legend about the King of Siam giving rare albino elephants as gifts to those who displeased him. The idea was that the upkeep costs would financially ruin them.
YmkP TIL a man received the heart of a suicide victim, married his widow, and years later killed himself in the same way the donor did.
oBPRR TIL: 90% of the Aral Sea, the 4th largest lake in the world evaporated and is now a desert, mainly due to the Soviet ambition of turning Central Asia into the largest cotton producer in the world.
VBoM0 TIL Jamie Lee Curtis didn’t wear any prosthetics during the filming of Everything Everywhere All At Once. She specifically decided against it in favor of showing her true body. "I want there to be no concealing of anything. I’ve been sucking my stomach in since I was 11"