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TIL that a series of early nuclear weapon tests known as Operation Plumbbob resulted in a test bore cover plate being launched with such force that a frame/millisecond camera only caught the cover on a single frame.

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xVklk TIL of the Shirky Principle: "Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution."
1YLX TIL The Winslows from Family Matters had a 2nd daughter named Judy that went upstairs in Season 4 and was never heard from or acknowledged again.
4krPb TIL China has a huge national run sports program
7mJb TIL that Americans are essentially working for free almost one week per year because they don’t use their vacation days.
WkOad TIL As Beethoven's deafness began to affect his ability to compose properly, he sawed the legs off of his piano and used the floor as a "sounding board." He would lie on his wooden floor and hit different piano notes at various volumes to feel their vibrations to see if they fit into his composition