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TIL: Attacking a hurricane with a nuclear weapon is a bad idea (and not just because of the obvious fallout)

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4kLN TIL : That the ancient Egyptians attempted to build a 110 meter long dam to control the Nile River - centuries before modern day Egypt tried it.
EVpW TIL name of the TIME magazine actually stands for “The International Magazine of Events”
lP6V TIL on a Planet with 2 Stars Vegetation Would Bloom Black
LkVZ0 TIL that heroin was originally discovered and synthesized in an attempt to make a less addictive version of morphine. It was sold commercially for almost 20 years.
m1ryO TIL "How You Remind Me" by Nickelback was the most played song of the 00s on US radio.