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TIL in 1963 Soviet Engineers Detonated a Nuclear bomb to Put Out a Gas Well Fire

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6ENbW TIL that Philadelphia outfielder Richie Ashburn once fouled off 14 pitches in a row. One foul bowl struck a woman, breaking her nose. While being carried off the field, she was struck by another foul ball hit by Richie during the same at-bat.
k5G1 TIL the trailer for the 1992 film Patriot Games has a tagline “There’s never been a terrorist attack on American soil”, however the producers decided to leave it out of the final film as it sounded too much like an invitation or dare.
aYbL TIL A Chicago couple won $30 million in the state lottery and didn’t tell anyone. Not even their kids.
OGakR TIL that the black hole TON 618 is a very bright object in space that is located near the border of two constellations. It has one of the most massive black holes ever found and is as bright as 140 trillion suns. It’s located very far away from Earth, about 18.2 billion light-years away
j9ra TIL In 1986 Bethesda created their first PC title, a football game with advanced physics. EA approached Bethesda for the source code for their own franchise John Madden Football in return for publishing future Bethesda titles but mysteriously backed out of the deal after they received said code.