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TIL that most sand on Hawaii’s beaches is organically based, specifically from Parrotfish doody

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QN4b6 TIL the US government tested an air-to-air nuclear weapon and put 5 completely unprotected men directly below it on the ground to show how safe it was.
xV5yD TIL It used to be illegal for men to be topless and show their nipples until a judge overturned New York state's male shirtless bans in 1937 following men protesting for their rights to not sexualize their bare chest
Zp8NY TIL Daikatana, a video game directed by George Romero was patched 14 years later after it's hellish and buggy launch, inspite the fact that the studio that made the game (Iron Storm) had been closed for over 9 years. All thanks to the fan community, unfortunately the game still sucks.-
4kbn6 TIL in 2006 thieves in Buenos Aires tunneled underneath a bank & entered its vault. After a 7-hour standoff with 23 hostages, authorities entered to find $20m missing, a row of toy guns, & a note that said "In a neighborhood of rich people, without weapons or grudges, it's just money, not love."
O97 TIL that severly overweight passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight must buy multiple tickets if their body mass extends over the armrests