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TIL in 2007 six US cruise missiles with the nuclear warheads were mistakenly loaded onto a bomber, not reported missing, and remained mounted for 36 hours with no security precautions for nuclear weapons implemented.

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8aQg4 TIL that Scientologists advocate that childbirth should be a silent process with no talking or shouting otherwise it can lead to childhood mental trauma.
DQQRv TIL the painting Las Meninas is one of the most analyzed works in western art. Critics have called it the “theology of painting” and “true philosophy of art”. It’s influenced many artists including Goya and Sargent. Picasso was so obsessed with the painting he executed 58 different interpretations.
vP8ZD TIL Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II once mandated that all burials be performed with "economy coffins". These contained trapdoors that would drop the body into the grave, after which they would be reused. The unpopular mandate was reversed after six months.
7r48L TIL that house dogs mimic us as a result of their pack animals origin, and that dogs with injured owners will sometimes limp
dDke7 TIL the first woman to be executed by the U.S. federal government was Mary Surratt, conspiring in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.