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TIL that the US has lost at least 8 Nuclear Bombs

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R5gy6 TIL that the first Supreme Court confirmation hearing was held in 1916 - because President Woodrow Wilson nominated a Jew for the seat
9Lnm TIL the expiration dates on water bottles is for the bottle and not for the water. The water doesn’t go bad but the bottle “expires” and starts leaching chemicals into the water.
xVrRB TIL in the entire "Treehouse of Horror" series on "The Simpsons" only the first episode actually takes place in a treehouse
4kLoX TIL of the less well known and earlier War in Vietnam (1945-1946), which was a military success.
pY7JZ TIL residents of Tangier Island, 12 miles off the coast of Virginia, have remained so isolated they still speak a dialect similar to the original colonists from the 1700s