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TIL in the sixties USA considered detonating a nuclear warhead on the moon to boost morale

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VMX9Z TIL we use the word cancer as a medical diagnosis because Hippocrates thought the tumors looked like crabs
YpPM7 TIL Los Angeles county has a larger population than 41 of the 50 US states.
xVoK5 TIL before the Miss USA beauty pageant, there existed a "Mrs America" which chose an annual best wife, based on cooking, sewing, ironing skills, as well as personality and looks
N7pP1 TIL about Cyrus the Great (c. 600–530 BC), who built the Persian empire (c. 550–330 BC) by respecting the people he conquered, putting an end to slavery in all his territory, and allowing all people (including Jews) to worship their own gods.
PYxDG TIL in 1957 Tulsa Oklahoma buried a Plymouth Belvedere to commemorate Oklahoma’s 50th anniversary. In addition, citizens entered guesses as to what Tulsa’s population would be in 2007, closets person would win the car. When the vault was opened it was filled with water and the car was ruined.