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TIL The plane that dropped the atomic bomb cost more to develop than the bomb itself.

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j68xM TIL that the Leaning Tower of Pisa is inclined by only 4 degrees (3.97 to be precise)
mbo TIL that the song ‘Crabbuckit’ by k-os refers to 'crab in the bucket syndrome’, in which a group of crabs in a bucket will pull down any crab trying to escape thus ensuring their collective demise.
5Yx4D TIL in May 2022 the 'asteroid 2009 JF 1' will approach the earth dangerously close so that it can be seen in the sky. The NASA program D.A.R.T. is going to distract it from its course. An unlikely collision would have the power of 15 nuclear bombs. Let us hope that this rock will never hit us
1XD8 TIL that a woman in a wheelchair went on the show The Price is Right, and won a treadmill
yQmKa TIL that the Chesapeake and Delaware canal reduces 300 miles for ships going from Baltimore to Philadelphia. Without it, ships would need to travel to Virginia Beach and then back up to access Baltimore. It also accounts for 40% of the traffic at the Port of Baltimore.