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TIL in 1962 the US detonated a nuclear bomb in space

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P1eoZ TIL Fela Kuti's 1977 album Zombie was critical of the Nigerian government and referred to soldiers as zombies who blindly followed orders. In anger, they raided Kuta's commune and severely beat Kuta and his mother. She was thrown from a second floor window resulting in a coma which led to her death.
wZVY TIL Helena Bonham Carter accidentally ruptured the eardrum of Matthew Lewis (playing Neville Longbottom) when she stuck her wand in his ear during HP and the Order of the Phoenix.
wLaXW TIL that spaghetto is the singular version of spaghetti. Gnoccho is for gnocchi, fettuccino is for fettuccini, and raviolo is for ravioli. Also the e at the end of calzone isn’t silent.
1Gl4 TIL that a Tortise given to the Royal family by captain Cook in 1777 died in 1965
96R7 TIL that The International Astronomical Union names all mountains on Saturn’s moon Titan after mountains in Tolkien’s work.