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TIL a furnace used to blow glass is called a ‘Glory Hole’

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EGxd TIL the nuclear nightmare scene in Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) was considered “the most accurate depiction of a nuclear blast ever created for a fictional motion picture” by members of U.S. federal nuclear testing labs.
N7w6J TIL that plebeians from the Roman Empire abandoned the city in a form of protest, known as Secessio plebis, leaving the streets completely empty and the wealthy unable to enforce their power.
KOG0J TIL that Hawaii's state bird, a goose known locally as the nēnē, was at one point down to a population of only 30 in the wild. After 60 years of conservation efforts to restore the population, the nēnē have rebounded and there are now roughly 2,800 birds roaming the islands.
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