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TIL: The 'secret' nuclear missile launch code during the Cold War was '00000000'

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WB4X TIL that there is a Patron Saint of the Internet
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jN5wp TIL Tom Hanks and Dan Ackroyd did a rap /dance video for their movie Dragnet
nwbr TIL all the McDonalds in Argentina were forced to sell the Big Mac at an artificially low price to hide inflation, and to manipulate the country’s performance on the Big Mac index
VX9Q TIL that by the time US Army Rangers have graduated from training school, they’re so well trained that members have reported waking up screaming from nightmares about Ranger school to be relieved that they are only in Vietnam.