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TIL that 5 men volunteered to stand directly under a nuclear bomb that detonated 18,500 ft above them [Video Inside]

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Wk1nd TIL about the world’s loneliest whale, a whale that sings at a 52-hertz frequency not shared by any other whale on earth, and which doesn’t follow the known migration pattern of any other baleen whales
pYw9Z TIL of Operation Downfall, the plan to land troops on mainland Japan during WW2 if they had not surrendered. The plan involved over 600,000 troops, and 15 tactical nuclear strikes. Every Purple Heart awarded since WW2 was made in preparation for this plan.
dEKB TIL the Dominican Republic once voted to join the United States, but the US Senate rejected them.
E1gBV TIL when Adelaide opened it's power grid to competition, instead of lowering costs as intended, generators were shut down at peak demand so companies could charge more, leading to the highest costs for power anywhere on Earth
nXEd TIL that a 46 year old UK man tracked down and attempted to strangle a 13 year old boy after the child taunted the man while playing Call of Duty: Black Ops.