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TIL that the Castle Bravo nuclear test was 3x as powerful as the designers expected. This was due to unexpected fission of lithium-7, which greatly increased the yield of the other nuclear reactions.

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wKG6 TIL ‘Scot’ is a Old English word meaning 'tax’. To say that someone got off 'scot free’ means they avoided a tax they were expected to pay.
woyvJ TIL in 2023 Andre 3000's song "I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a ‘Rap’ Album But This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time", off his album New Blue Sun, set the record for the longest song to ever chart on the Billboard Hot 100. The 12-minute and 20-second track hit the chart at No. 90.
X0EmE TIL Napoleon’s military tactics are still utilized by armies, and studied by students in academies around the world 200 years later.
wLlr6 TIL Jimmy Carter said if he became president, he would release all government UFO information to the public. Once elected, he decided not to due to "national security concerns"
D1K5v TIL that natives used to cure leather with animal brains to make it stay soft even after it gets wet.