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TIL four Catholic Priests survived less than a mile from the blast of the A Bomb on Hiroshima

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yQJM TIL in 1859 the largest known geomagnetic storm caused aurora over the Caribbean and telegraphs could operate without a power source
R967 TIL Article 11 of the Treaty of Tripoli, signed by John Adams, contains the line “The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion”
DlbP TIL One Of The Media’s Favorite “Millennials” To Quote Is Actually a 55-Year-Old Lying About His Age
p8nZ4 TIL That Asbestos was not completely banned in the United States, and can still be legally used
0dRrA TIL about France's Camargue bullfighting, where the object is to not kill the bull, but to remove objects attached to their horns for a cash prize. (More details in comments)