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TIL In 1957, five US Air Force officers volunteered to stand at 'ground zero' directly under a nuclear explosion 18,500 feet above their heads to 'prove how safe it was'

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l7lgr TIL when Third Eye Blind performed Graduate at the 25th American Music Awards, they substituted the lyric "can I graduate" with "can I masturbate".
awZlA At least half of the oxygen produced on Earth comes from the ocean, mostly from tiny photosynthesizing plankton. But marine life also uses roughly the same amount of oxygen to breathe, for cellular respiration, and in the decomposition process.
Q4Dd TIL Roman sling bullets sometimes had things written on them, such as “Ouch!”, “Catch!” and “I seek Pompey’s asshole”
b6XZE TIL in 1996 snooker legend Jimmy White took his dead brother out on a drinking session the night before his funeral.
a8gP0 TIL Boxing Day in the UK used to be pushed back a day to the 27th December if it fell on a Sunday. The 26th would be Christmas Sunday.