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TIL that nuclear bombs when detonated at high altitudes during night time will light up the sky for up to 30 minutes

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W7Jjo TIL A man staged his own kidnapping from his home in front of his terrified wife by two masked men with guns just to go out drinking with his friends without his wife knowing. He returned home two days later and claimed that his captors released him.
xVxg7 TIL that the majority of MF Doom and Madlib's Madvillainy was recorded in an old bomb shelter in Mount Washington, Los Angeles.
Zpwpo TIL about Larry Hoover, a gang leader of CBGD, or Chicago's Black Gangster Disciples Nation. After being sent to prison, he was inspired by the biography of Richard J. Daley and decided to change his gangs GD to Growth and Development, and forced his army learn to better their community instead.
ANY5x TIL Louis Armstrong loved food so much that he sometimes signed his letters "Soul Foodly Yours." and more often: "Red Beans & Ricely Yours,"
PaMw TIL:When Jack Nicholson first came to Hollywood, he worked as a gofer for Hanna & Barbera. Seeing his talent as an artist, they offered him a starting level position as an animation artist. He declined as he wanted to be an actor