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TIL scientist invented an electronic cockroach that was able to comunicate with real roaches and influence them

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D1Wyv TIL Of the bizarre "Huron King" nuclear test, which involved detonating an underground nuke, exposing a satellite in a special test chamber to radiation. The chamber was then dragged to safety before it fell in the crater
xdLB TIL Lafayette, a Frenchman who served as a General in the Revolutionary War, toasted to ‘the perpetual union of the United States. It has always saved us in times of storm; one day it will save the world.’ In 1917, an American officer gave a speech at his grave in Paris; 'Lafayette, we are here.’
NXm5b TIL that in 2004, a 16 year old Iranian girl named Atefeh Sahaaleh was hanged for "adultery" after being assaulted multiple times
jlEp TIL President Nixon, after many years of refusing to release his tax returns for review, said “People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I am not a crook.” After the investigation, he was forced to pay $465,000 in back taxes he owed.
RyL8 TIL the “para” in “Paralympics” officially means “parallel to” or alongside the Olympics