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TIL many people in New Mexico saw the Trinity nuclear test from a distance, but the Army downplayed it as an ammunition magazine explosion

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m1lDx TIL the very first case where John E Reid used his interrogation methods, which is widely used throughout North America today, got a false confession from a suspect for murder. Which later cost the state of Nebraska $500,000 after the real killer confessed.
d8emQ TIL the Finns sarcastically dubbed the Soviet cluster bombs "Molotov bread baskets" in reference to Molotov's propaganda broadcasts. When the hand-held bottle firebomb was developed to attack Soviet tanks, the Finns called it the "Molotov cocktail", as "a drink to go with the food".
mxvoy TIL why firefighters respond to all kinds of emergencies, not just fires/wrecks. Fires were the start, but they now do incidents like medical, water, hazmat, people trapped, etc. They grew to meet more safety needs & are trained for as many situations as possible so they can be first responders.
R4wl TIL up until 1985, babies were generally operated on without anesthetic, as doctors believed they don’t feel pain as adults do
kOgyE TIL, William Harvey (1578-1657), an English physician discovered the circulation of blood when it was believed that blood oscillated in the body. For his idea, he was ridiculed and was called a "circulator". But after his death, his idea was accepted as a biological fact.