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TIL In 1966, the United States Air Force lost 4 hydrogen bombs above Palomares (Spain) after a midair collision. Two of these bombs spreaded radioactive material, including plutonium-239, over a wide area. A large amount of contaminated Spanish soil was removed, packed up, and ship to the US.

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4XEBN TIL Dwight D. Eisenhower said "The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two electric power plants...It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals...We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people."
Brn0b TIL about Blue Royal and her mother used jake as a means of income and support but he came to the realization he's being used, now mom and daughter teamed up with a conspiracy
J7LV TIL In captivity, a killer whale is usually confined to a small pool, where it spends much time at the surface and often has to swim in a circle. Consequently, the tissue in its dorsal fin doesn’t get much of a workout, and starts to atrophy (wastes away due to lack of use), and it falls over.
yQXOp TIL the 'Cowboy Load' - in the Wild West, it was most common for 6-shot revolvers to only be loaded with 5 rounds. A live bullet in the chamber below the hammer of a 19th century single-action revolver can be set off with a sharp knock, hence it was not desirable to carry one fully loaded
KO88G Today i learned one of the largest organisms on earth is a group of trees in Pando, Utah. It covers 107 acres and has 47,000 distinct trees that share the same root system.