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TIL so confident were the Los Alamos scientists about the design of Little Boy (later dropped on Hiroshima) that a full-scale nuclear explosive test was not conducted

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D1Dbr TIL Christopher Columbus had experienced a hurricane or tropical storm in 1495 near Hispaniola, the first known recorded and reported hurricane ever. He later declared that "nothing but the service of God and the extension of the monarchy" would induce him to expose himself to such danger.
1aW9W TIL When the creator of Plants Vs. Zombies refused to make their next game pay to win, Electronic Arts fired the creator.
wLPVW TIL the Soviet space shuttle looked identical to the American shuttle because it was built off of stolen NASA designs.
nera9 TIL In 1942, while stranded in enemy waters, the Dutch warship HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen evaded detection by the Japanese and escaped to Australia while disguised as a tropical island.
OoQWR TIL the CEO of HSBC in Taiwan walked his lesbian employee down the aisle in 2017 after her parents refused to go to the wedding