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TIL that during the Cold War, the Soviet Union had two missiles pointed at an area they thought was the entrance to a secret bunker, since many high-ranked officials went there. It turns out that the area was a hot dog stand.

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awJyL TIL in 1999 Kevin Smith joined in a protest against his own movie Dogma, and was even interviewed by the local news under his friends name, Bryan Johnson.
OR1 TIL for the episodes through June 2012 the Mythbusters have destroyed 146 vehicles, used 33,500 yards of duct tape, and blown up 13.5 tons of explosives.
Bj7y TIL when Robert FitzRoy, whom Charles Darwin travelled with around the world and later vehemently opposed to Darwin’s views on evolution, killed himself due to depression and money troubles, Darwin donated a sizable sum to FitzRoy’s widowed family to ensure they would not fall on hard times.
XXJR TIL that a Cosplaying “Dark Elf” was arrested after he dropped acid and attacked a woman’s red BMW, mistaking it for Morgoth.
WkYlN TIL some of the first US spy satellites took imagery on 70 millimeter film, which was recovered by dropping huge film canisters from space and catching them mid-air by a passing US Air Force plane