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TIL in 1962 the US detonated a nuclear bomb in space

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x68Y5 TIL that the Canadian preschool show Wimzie's House got sued by The Jim Henson Company for copyright and trademark infringement.
dQy8 TIL in 2014, a priest discovered a sealed room in a old church in Liverpool. The room hadn’t been open since before WWII. It was full of childrens toys, books and candy.
OEde TIL in 1994, the Surgeon General of the U.S. was fired for saying masturbation is “part of human sexuality, and perhaps should be taught.”
MeED8 TIL that a research team figured out how to produce a fossil in as little as five days
jNxkp TIL that the song "Boy Named Sue" made popular by Johnny Cash was actually written by Shel Silverstein.