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TIL that to comply with the START I treaty, the US Air Force had to eliminate 365 B-52 bombers from its inventory. Initially, the B-52s were chopped into pieces with a 13,000-pound guillotine supported by a crane.

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Y704P TIL of the "Gamma Forest" at Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York. A forest that was exposed to intense radiation in order to study the effects of nuclear war on a living ecosystem
gMm7X TIL Nutella contains more sugar than Betty Crocker chocolate frosting.
XNv6 TIL that in 2014 scientists created a mini penguin rover, or “trojan horse” to learn more about emperor penguins.
wpm7 TIL that it takes as low as 3 months to educate a Police Officer in the U.S., compared to 3 years in Norway and Finland