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TIL about the Nanda Devi Plutonium Mission was a joint operation by the United States Central Intelligence Agency and the Indian Intelligence Bureau that resulted in a nuclear device getting lost in the Himalayas. It was never found.

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wvw8 TIL That the record for the Men’s High Jump hasn’t been broken since 1993. The Women’s record hasn’t been broken since 1987.
4X8kb TIL the Aztec language “Nahuatl” was also spoken throughout the American Southwest. From it are derived words like “Coyote” and “Peyote”. It’s still spoken in much of Mexico.
9wrvX TIL that Tim Curry was one of the top choices to play the Joker in the 1989 “Batman” film, but the role went to Jack Nicholson instead. Curry later voiced the Joker in the 1992 animated series, but was quickly replaced by Mark Hamill as his voice was deemed “too scary”.
VMxNp TIL of the Madigan Foal Squeeze. This treatment for foals that don't show interest in their mother or nursing simulates the pressure the foal would have felt in the birth canal. It's thought that the pressure signals the foal's body to stop producing a sedative that keeps it calm in the womb.
DQoPv TIL Belgian authorities destroyed over 2,300 cans of an American beer branded as ‘The Champagne of Beers’ because the beer’s slogan was considered a misuse of the term “Champagne”, which is legally protected and reserved exclusively for the sparkling wine produced in the Champagne region of France.