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TIL There is an infantry style rocket launcher that carries a nuclear payload called the "Davey Crockett"

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neZvG TIL the movie "Beethoven's 2nd" was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song (The Day I Fall in Love; James Ingram, Feat. Dolly Parton). It lost to Streets Of Philadelphia, from "Philadelphia" (Bruce Springsteen).
455N TIL in 1938, Helen Hulick, a burglary witness in an L.A. trial, was jailed for five days for wearing slacks in the courtroom
a8jMM TIL that during WWII, the U.S. referred to uranium from the Shinkolobwe mine in the Belgian Congo as 'gems' and removed the mine from maps to maintain secrecy for the Manhattan Project
OGe1e TIL that misheard words that change the meaning of a phrase or lyric are called a Mondegreen
7kRx TIL that the world’s oldest conjoined twins are 63 years old and have been both best friends and enemies throughout their life.