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TIL There were several mishaps on the way to bomb Nagasaki,1945. In the rush to launch before bad weather, shortcuts were taken that imperiled the mission, and the plane nearly ran out of gas.

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e08Gg TIL: Mormons teach the Book of Mormon was created after this rock, which was dug up in a well, when dropped into a top hat would magically display the text of the Book of Mormon on its edge.
vZVx TIL that according to a treaty signed in 1796 the United States government “is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion,—as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of [Muslims]”
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