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TIL the official name of Mexico is "The United States of Mexico".

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D1Zbp TIL 6 nuclear weapons COMPLETELY VANISHED between 1950 and 1968
QJJPe TIL that Al-qaeda initially considered targeting nuclear power plants on 9/11 but decided against it, fearing that such an attack "might get out of hand".
mvRM TIL: In 1863, President Lincoln signed the “Order of Retaliation”. For every US soldier killed or enslaved in violation of the laws of war, a Confederate prisoner was to be killed or enslaved.
epQwE TIL of Erzsébet Papp, a Hungarian woman dubbed "The Nicotine Killer," poisoned 4 people with homemade nicotine between 1957–1958. Initially sentenced to life, she was later executed by hanging in 1962 after her crimes were uncovered when others were accidentally poisoned.
R7Bw9 TIL how french horn mutes can make the horn both louder and quieter depending on the type. Comparison at 2:50