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TIL the US Navy had Nuclear Battleship shells

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KOXo4 TIL that Homer Simpson correctly predicted the mass of the Higgs boson (the God particle) 14 years before it was discovered.
BrBjL TIL in Soviet Russia North, at mornings drivers made a fire under engines their trucks for about two hours, before starting the engine. There were two options: never cut off the engine and run it 24/7 or make a fire. Otherwise, oil would freeze.
8VxK TIL: In 2002 German citizens were tipped off about wiretapping, when a software error led to a phone number allocated to the German Secret Service being listed on mobile telephone bill
DAWV TIL that the Gorilla who was taught sign language, Koko, once lied to her trainers blaming a kitten for tearing a sink out of the wall.
wao TIL that ancient greek buildings and statues weren’t white, but in fact very colorful when they weren’t ancient.