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TIL that a shot of espresso has less caffeine than a cup of regular coffee.

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dA6d TIL the CIA lost a plutonium powered device in the glaciers that birth the Ganges River (Nanda Devi, 25643 ft) trying to spy on Chinese nuclear missile activity. There is still concern regarding the location and integrity of the radioactive material.
b95X4 TIL There was a Sicilian separatist movement after WW2 whose main goal was the annexation of Sicily to the USA as the 49th state, they got 8.8% of the votes in 1947's elections.
DQm6r TIL when airship USS Akron tried to moor in San Diego, the sunlight warmed and lightened helium. As the ship became uncontrollably light, 3 crews were carried further aloft. Only one survived.
QN7bL TIL Sweden has a party dedicated to celebrating its infamous fermented fish, known as surströmmingsskiva
epwN6 TIL in 1978, two men dug up Charlie Chaplin's body and held it for $600,000 ransom. (They were caught and the body recovered later that year.)