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TIL that the Soviets used a 30 kt nuke to stop an out of control gas well fire

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oBAvW TIL that underweight models are banned in Israel to fight against anorexia.
4kKdg TIL Audrey Hepburn was the first actress to win an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a British Academy Film Award for a single film, which was the romantic comedy "Roman Holiday."
XEVn6 TIL about Ron Stallworth, the first African-American police officer and detective in the Colorado Springs Police Department who conducted an infiltration of the Ku Klux Klan
mxg8v TIL According to a poll from 2019, Americans are among the most stressed-out people in the world.
log91 TIL - Gov. Rafael Lacava, leads Venezuela’s Carabobo state, goes by the nickname “Dracula” and conducts late-night patrols in his homemade Batmobile to discourage black market activity.