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TIL about the U.S. Air Force's doomsday weapon, SLAM. The rocket was designed to fly fast and low over the Soviet Union, dropping hydrogen bombs over predetermined targets while its unshielded nuclear reactor contaminated everything in it's path.

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awg50 TIL a woman was killed in her car in Brooklyn when a bullet ricocheted off of the ocean nearby and hit her through her open car window. The perpetrator was a man who’d been practicing shooting at a floating beer can on his boat in the middle of the bay.
16MWX TIL that Molly Ringwald has worked as a French translator
VDAB TIL a brain damaged rat was given a robotic cerebellum. The cyborg rodent then achieved normal body functions.
g1y TIL that there is a company that uses human fetal kidney cells to develop and amplify flavors. They are partnered with Nestle, Campbell’s Soup, Kraft Foods and Pepsi.
ygRJ TIL that when Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys died, he wished for a burial at sea. Only veterans of the US Navy and Coast Guard are allowed a burial at sea without being cremated, but President Reagan directly intervened and allowed Dennis to be buried at sea.