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TIL for almost 2 decades, the American nuclear launch codes were: 00000000

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kJPr4 TIL Lee Harvey Oswald was court martialed while in the Marines for accidentally shooting himself in the elbow with an unauthorized handgun
AN9Xn TIL During World War II, Nazi Germany planned to cripple the U.S. war effort by attacking the Pennsylvania Railroad's four-track mainline at Horseshoe Curve. The agents came over by U-Boat, but were stopped by the FBI. Had it succeeded, U.S. supply lines to Europe could have been badly disrupted.
MeoKB TIL about a Chinese businessman who hired a hitman,who hired a hitman,who hired a hitman,who hired a hitman,who hired a hitman. All six men were convicted of murder.
ADbBl TIL Ben Hecht started screenwriting after Herman J. Mankiewicz (Wizard of Oz, Citizen Kane) sent him a telegram arguing that "millions are to be grabbed out here, and your only competition is idiots." Hecht became one of the most successful screenwriters of all time with 2 Oscars & 6 nominations.
dKK7 TIL Male Bed Bugs inject their sperm into the female (& male) by puncturing the body wall as the female has no natural opening for reception of his sperm.