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TIL the Tsar bomba was so powerful it broke window panes 560 miles away, equivalent to the approx. distance from London to Berlin or Manhattan to Charlotte, NC.

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oR5wR TIL In 1983 journalist and weekend NBC national news anchor Jessica Savage and her boyfriend Martin Fishbein drowned in the Delaware River. They left a restaurant in a torrential rain storm and took a wrong exit, ending up on a tow path to the river, the car plunged in and landed upside down.
p89jG TIL Jet Li has been fighting hyperthyroidism since 2010, it has prevented him from exercising and practising for a long time and has taken a toll on his body and appearance.
16x5r TIL that the world’s first entirely 3D-printed neighborhood is currently being built in Mexico, providing affordable housing solutions for families living on $3 a day.
OGKEa TIL: In 2007, Bokito the gorilla escaped and attacked a woman who made eye contact with him at The Diergaarde Blijdorp zoo in Rotterdam. This inspired insurance company "FTBO" to design "Bokito Kijker" (or "Bokito Viewers"), special glasses that made it look like the wearer was averting their gaze
R7Dw7 TIL Orcas, or "killer whales," are actually dolphins.