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TIL that last year the tallest mountain in Colorado was renamed Mount Blue Sky (from Mount Evans)

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PPZ TIL There are people who firmly believe nuclear weapons are a hoax
b9084 TIL about the Nirvana Fallacy. Under this fallacy, the choice is not between real world solutions; it is, rather, a choice between one realistic achievable possibility and another unrealistic solution that could in some way be "better".
4kBXb TIL that in 2009 the US launched a satellite so secret that no government agency admits to owning it. Even the name, "Palladium at Night", is mysterious.
epjbn TIL that 4y ago today an Italian tank "battled" and won over 24 chickens in the so called "Battle of Cellina". This name was given to a tragic accident where a military tank mistakenly fired a 105mm bullet over a poultry farm, killing 12 (chickens).
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