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TIL that humans can learn echolocation

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KYZba TIL about Starfish Prime - a 1.4 Megaton nuke detonated 250 miles above the pacific ocean in 1962. The explosion was visible in Hawaii, and disrupted communications in Honolulu 900 Miles away. It also created its own radiation belts, and disabled 9 out of the world's 24 satelites at the time
wQQ7 TIL In 1990 Muhammad Ali went to Iraq and negotiated the release 15 United States civilians being held captive by meeting personally with Saddam Hussein
OoDER TIL If your partner committed adultery in Ancient Rome, you could legally sodomise the adulterer with radishes - with an audience if desired
1ao8O TIL of Uncle O’Grimacey, a McDonaldland character introduced in 1977 to promote the Shamrock Shake.
nZdd TIL that attempts were made to create a Human-Chimpanzee hybrid through artificial insemination of female chimpanzees in 1960s China. The experiment reportedly achieved pregnancy but was cut short by the Cultural Revolution.