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TIL that in 1958 an atomic bomb that fell on a farm in South Carolina and didn't detonate, leaving a massive crater sized at 24 feet deep and 50 feet wide.

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YpAVP TIL The modern conspiracy - The Illuminati, was an art project/protest in the late 60's by a political theorist and a staffer at Playboy to show the public how ridiculous and disempowering it was to think a group of secretive people controlled the world.
nPxG TIL that the 1968 film “Planet of the Apes” was originally planned to be an episode of the television series “The Twilight Zone” written by Rod Serling.
grdm8 TIL honing steels don’t sharpen knives, they serve as an alignment tool to push bent blades back into a straight position
yQ40M TIL scientists developed an experimental "universal treatment" for allergies. While still being tested, it works by wrapping allergens in a nanoparticle which sneaks it past the immune system. This helps the body understand it to be harmless. They so far successfully cured mice with egg allergies.
Wyv4 TIL: The TV series “Gargoyles” was voiced largely by former Star Trek cast members.