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TIL 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas is a nuclear bomb research and waste site that has detonated over a 1000 nuclear bombs between 1951-1992. It is one of the most contaminated places in the US. The site offers monthly public tours.

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XEl1k TIL that there were challenges locating costumes for Smashing Pumpkin's video "Tonight, Tonight" as the movie "Titanic" was being shot at the same time in Los Angeles, and James Cameron rented nearly every turn-of-the-century prop and costume in the city.
gMW4D TIL about Benjamin Careathers, an american man who sued RedBull in 2015, stating that after 10 years of consuming the product, he received no wings, or enhanced physical or intellectual performance.
ZpKy4 TIL of Snuppy, an Afghan hound and the first cloned dog. The puppy was created using a cell from an ear from an adult Afghan hound and involved 123 surrogate mothers. Snuppy was named as Time Magazine's "Most Amazing Invention" of the year in 2005. As of 2017 there are four clones of him.
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