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TIL that in 1954 Edward Teller, so called "father of the hydrogen bomb", presented plans for a 10.000 Megaton bomb to the General Advisory Committee of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

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P11DV TIL Even though George Washington defeated Cornwallis in 1781 at Yorktown, it still took almost 2 more years before the war was officially over with England.
6ERdw TIL of Carrie Nation, a radical member of the temperance movement, who would attack bars and saloons with a hatchet before prohibition came into effect.
W7Y9o TIL: There is a corporal in the British Army named Adonis Maximus Badass (Yes, that's his real name).
Wk41X TIL that ceiling fans should turn counter-clockwise in the summer and clockwise(on low) in the winter for maximum comfort in hot and cold.
m11AM TIL that Bruce Springsteen has only had two #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100: Manfred Mann's Earth Band's 1977 cover of his song "Blinded By The Light" and 1985's "We Are The World," which he sang with a large ensemble of famous musicians. His song "Dancing in the Dark" only got to #2.