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TIL more of the USS Nimitz UFO incident that the Pentagon declassified. The UFO hit speeds of 42,000 MPH and left the pilots "pretty weirded out". It also appears to show similarities to a second incident in 2014 with the USS Theodore Roosevelt.

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5YyoD TIL nunchucks are illegal in the US because the court ruled that they are "designed primarily as a weapon and has no purpose other than to maim or kill", and are "widely used by muggers and street gangs".
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