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TIL The US built a gigantic concrete dome to cover up one of its nuclear test craters

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e005g TIL during the recording of U2's "Where The Streets Have No Name", producer Brian Eno got so annoyed with how difficult it was to record that he was about to erase the tapes. When a studio engineer saw him about to do this he dropped the tea tray he was holding and physically restrained Eno.
d8wK TIL that ancient Antarctica was much warmer and wetter than previously suspected. The climate was suitable to support substantial vegetation, including stunted trees, along the edges of the frozen continent.
4kOdX TIL: About Saburō Kurusu, a Japanese diplomat to the United States during the Pearl Harbor attack. He was unaware of the attack and was on his way to the Secretary of State to deliver a reply to the previous diplomatic communications.
nlpY TIL in England you can invoke the Ancient Lights law, which forbids your neighbor from constructing anything that deprives your property of illumination
ZelB TIL Botto Bistro, an Italian restaurant in San Francisco, started a campaign “ Hate us on Yelp ” to become the worst rated restaurant in Yelp. It also offered a 25 percent discount to customers who gave it a 1 star review on Yelp.