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TIL Five Men Agreed To Stand Directly Under An Exploding Nuclear Bomb (video included)

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rRE5e TIL scientists discovered a dinosaur tail perfectly preserved in amber. It is full of feathers.
D16lV TIL that the highest elevation of the city of Berlin, the Teufelsberg (Devil‘s Mountain), is not of natural origin. The 260ft tall mountain consists of the rubble and remains of the town after the bombing at the end of World War 2.
LQ6RV TIL: Genghis Khan was took an arrow in the knee while on campaign against the Jin Dynasty and instead of retiring, went on to pillage and sack the Jin capital
GJG5 TIL that Viking blacksmiths would often add bones from ancestors or animals like bears to their iron ore to add carbon content, and to imbue the weapon with mystical properties.
78bxr TIL that Christopher Plummer was a great-grandson of 3rd Canadian Prime Minister John Abbott