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TIL: The Upshot–Knothole Grable exercise was the only time a live nuclear artillery shell was fired

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j6Vv TIL Globs of white blood cells rained down upon a town in washinton causing residents to fall ill.
WkYNN TIL about the “Cornerstone Speech”, in which the Vice President of the Confederacy stated that the perpetuation of slavery was the primary goal and purpose of secession from the Union
wge6 TIL Second Chance Coffee Co. in Illinois conducts FBI background checks to make sure those seeking employment with the company have actually been to prison because the company only hires ex-inmates.
9YgJD TIL Hard pretzels were invented in the late 1600s, when a snoozing apprentice in a Pennsylvania bakery accidentally overbaked his pretzels, creating crunchy, seemingly inedible, knots. His job was spared when the master baker, attempting admonishment, took an angry bite out of one--and loved it.
dQnd TIL of Abu, an elderly Indonesian man who lives alone on a deserted island with his wife so he wouldn’t spread his leprosy to others; he makes a living out of raising turtles and taking care of the reef around the island.