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TIL there have been 32 ‘Broken Arrow’ or missing Nuclear Weapon alerts by the United States alone with 6 Nuclear Weapons still unaccounted for.

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gMeVA TIL aquariums aren't allowed to pay to get animals from other aquariums as it encourages poaching. So there is a barter system in place where they swap animals. A New England aquarium traded a dozen penguins for 800 mackerel and their basic unit of trade is the jellyfish
v1YZL TIL Bjarni Herjólfsson, a 10th century Norse explorer, was the first European to sight North America in 986 while blown off course for Greenland. Despite begging from his crew to explore, he refused to stop and look around. He was later criticized by King Eric of Norway for his lack of investigation
b6oe4 TIL about the USS Constellation, a sloop-of-war that was the last sail-only warship designed and built by the United States Navy. The ship was built at the Gosport Shipyard between 1853 and 1855 and was named for the earlier frigate of the same name that had been broken up in 1853.
a8719 TIL Bhutan was the first country to make smoking illegal in public places in 2005
89wL TIL that the U.S. has committed “war crimes” with drone warfare with “Double Tap Strikes”, which directly target rescuers after an initial strike.