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TIL firefighters in Tennessee let a house burn because the homeowners didn’t pay a “$75 fire subscription fee”

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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.
9YMyX TIL that the US had a lesbian First Lady in 1885-1886. She was Rose Cleveland--Grover Cleveland's youngest sister and Acting US First Lady before Grover married in 1886. She was also a lesbian & had a relationship with a wealthy widow, Evangeline Marrs Simpson, with explicitly erotic correspondence.
rRNvM TIL nachos aren't a traditional Mexican dish. The food item was invented in the 1940s by a chef named Ignacio. The nachos themselves consisted of what leftovers he had in his kitchen at the time.
VBVnB TIL American Men are getting married more than American Women because American Men are not marrying American Women
R5g61 TIL that despite Monaco being famous for it's Casino, Monégasque people (residents who are native through birth right) are not allowed to physically gamble, therefore cannot go to the casino there.