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TIL There are people who firmly believe nuclear weapons are a hoax

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aXYL TIL Circus Peanuts are Banana Flavored
NDJ1 TIL: President George Washington was a lieutenant colonel in the British Army. He was unsuccessful in obtaining a royal commission but received a decree granting the British militia the same executive powers as commissioned officers. He is the only U.S President to have served the Crown.
Wn94 TIL that a single asteroid, named Hebe, is the origin of about 40% of the meteorites that hit Earth.
kOV51 TIL The Cullinan diamond, found in 1905, is the largest diamond ever discovered at 3,106 carat. A fake diamond was transported from South Africa to England via a guarded ship, while the real diamond was simply sent in the mail in a plain box.
m1kMR TIL that German philosopher Reiner Schürmann, at first destined to be a Dominican priest, withdrew from priesthood paths after studying under Martin Heidegger, developed the concept of an "anarchy principle" toward being and acting meant to truly overcome metaphysics, and died of AIDS complications