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TIL that India successfully tested its first nuclear bomb on May 18, 1974 under a code name "Operation Smiling Buddha."

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W0K4 TIL that a Japanese professional baseball team has been “cursed” ever since a Colonel Sanders statue was thrown into a river.
l7JE7 TIL that Nazis built (1941) and later beautified (1944) a model ghetto in Theresienstadt in preparation for a delegation from the International Committee of the Red Cross to give the visitors a positive impression.
OoVYX TIL Robert Hohman, CEO and cofounder of Glassdoor, quit his job to do nothing but play World of Warcraft for a year and only founded the company after hitting the maximum level in the game
kJlYm TIL the face of Wolverine was inspired by actor Paul D'Amato
wLLN8 Around 90% of world trade is carried by the international shipping industry. There are over 50,000 merchant ships trading internationally, transporting every kind of cargo. The world fleet is registered in over 150 nations and manned by over a million seafarers of virtually every nationality.