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TIL the federal government had a program called Operation Plowshare that tested the use of atomic bombs to frack for natural gas.

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kJBJ5 TIL London City Airport isn't British owned. It is owned by Alberta and Ontario, Canada, and the Royal Family of Kuwait.
wQmo TIL We would only need to cover a very small fraction of the earths surface with solar panels to power the world
j6nZX TIL that Mozart's full name was "Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart." He often went by the German name "Gottlieb," which means "beloved by God." After his death, he became widely known by the Latin version of his name, "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart."
ep6n4 TIL A British sea launched air raid in Nov 1940 on the docked Italian Mediterranean fleet at Taranto inadvertently influenced the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. The raid destroyed or damaged 6 key Italian ships for the loss of two planes, changing the tide of the war in the Med.
yKGX TIL 1930 life expectancy was 60 and Social Security Retirement age was 65. Today, it is 78 and 65 respectively.