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TIL mushroom clouds can be caused by any powerful explosion, not just nuclear, and there are depictions of them in art since the 1700's

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yQXAa TIL that the the only US unit that regularly trains to chase nuclear weapons that fall into the wrong hands is SEAL Team 6, one of the toughest units in US military. The Black Squadron snipers (~100 members) is the most exclusive group within Seal Team 6, and the only one to admit female operatives.
ep69L TIL The Gospel of Judas, discovered in 2007, is one of many of "non-canonical" gospels from the same periods as the 4 canon gospels, and are, in some cases, arbitraliy excluded: Marcion, Judas, Mani, Apelles, & Bardesanes, etc. Some paint Jesus's teachings as more dharmic.
4X0Ma TIL that the fourth funnel on the Titanic was fake. It was for appearances only: it made the ship look bigger. It was not connected to the charcoal ovens, but it was connected to the first-class smoking room, making it a sort of oversized kitchen hood.
JYGXl TIL it is an annual tradition at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station to screen John Carpenter's 'The Thing'.
MePda TIL philosopher, architect and polymath Robert Hooke invented an acoustic string telephone as early as 1667.