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TIL The bomb dropped on Hiroshima (Little Boy) converted only about 0.7 grams of mass to energy. This is roughly 1/3 the mass of a dime.

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J16Zv TIL Aldous Huxley was tripping on acid when he died
WBgN TIL that after the Declaration of Independence was proclaimed, colonists proceeded to tear down a statue of King George III. The lead statue was later used to make guns and bullets.
bvj0 TIL that in Batman Begins, Christian Bale suffered from crippling headaches and severe claustrophobia due to the original Batsuit. Later, a More flexible Batsuit was constructed from 200 pieces of fiber glass, rubber, and nylon so Bale could have more mobility.
QnLk TIL More than half of all African-American children live in single-parent homes
OGQG7 TIL for-profit bail only exists in 2 countries (US and Philippines). Elsewhere, paying money to leave pretrial detention is considered "a debt trap for poor defendants."