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TIL- That a nuclear test, known as Taiga, part of the Soviet peaceful nuclear explosions program, was intended to demonstrate the feasibility of using nuclear explosions for canal construction.

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VBoY8 TIL about long-term nuclear waste warning messages, designed to warn civilizations ~10,000+ years in the future of the dangers of nuclear waste sites. Proposed solutions include an atomic priesthood to perpetuate rituals and myths, and cats genetically modified to change color when irradiated.
Wk0ao TIL Jim Carrey's chipped tooth in Dumb and Dumber is genuine, the result of a childhood fight. He had the crown temporarily removed to play the role of Lloyd.
R57e9 TIL the "Dade" in Miami-Dade county refers to Major Francis Dade who led 110 men to forcibly remove the Seminoles Indians from Florida in 1836 but was the first man killed in an ambush by Chief Miccanopa. The battle was so decisive that the Seminoles only lost 3 men compared to the 108 lost by Dade.
KYoeG TIL following a nighttime brawl in 2023 between rival gangs in which several suspects had full body Yakuza-style tattoos, South Korean prosecutors turned their attention to the tattoo artists they suspected of tattooing them, ultimately indicting 12 tattoo artists for providing tattoos illegally
E1BOV TIL the Leptodactylus Fallax Frogs of Montserrat are colloquially known as ‘Mountain Chickens’, because they taste like chicken.