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TIL America designed a grenade the weight and size of a baseball because they believed young American troops should be able to throw them.

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mxO9M TIL in 1974 Howard Hughes helped the CIA raise part of a sunken Soviet submarine from a depth of 16,000 feet - all without the Soviets knowing. They recovered two nuclear torpedoes, documents, and the remains of 6 sailors - who they respectfully buried at sea.
168YD TIL of the Double-slit experiment. Reality is weird
1a56X TIL cat burglars across Europe have been know to pump anaesthetic gas into victims residences via the AC unit.
958Q TIL Kansas court says sperm donor must pay child support
wLEj7 TIL that despite bringing in just $462 million at the box office, the 2006 movie "Cars" earned $10 billion in merchandise sales over the next 5 years