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TIL that in 1958, United States Air Force lost a 7,600-pound (3,400 kg) Mark 15 nuclear bomb in the waters off Tybee Island near Savannah, Georgia, United States. It has never been recovered.

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pQnQ TIL there is a abandoned “graveyard” of extremely large sculptures of 43 U.S. Presidents
QJ5Ak TIL research has found a body mass index (BMI) of 27 is linked to the lowest rate of death – but someone with a BMI of 27 is currently classed as being overweight.
7rX4x TIL about perpetual stew, a stew containing whatever is on hand and added to as needed. Constantly kept above the “danger zone”, it can be in the same pot for years if always above 140f, creating a perpetual cycle of adding and removing from it. It was often a staple of medieval inn meals.
OGQl7 TIL Pepsi lost a $1.26 billion judgement against Charles Joyce and James Voigt after they said the company had created Aquafina by stealing their idea to sell purified bottled water. This was then vacated after Pepsi lost the paperwork to the lawsuit.
grnNA TIL in 1795 Samuel Adams and Paul Revere buried a time capsule in the cornerstone of the Massachusetts State House. It was discovered in 1855 added to and reburied, in 2014 it was rediscovered added to and buried again.