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TIL The State of Israel is widely believed to possess nuclear weapons. Nuclear technician and whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu revealed details of Israel's nuclear weapons program to the British press in 1986. Later he was drugged, abducted and secretly transported to Israel and ultimately convicted.

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e0bAL TIL "Alpha: Black Lotus" is an incredibly powerful card and is the most expensive and iconic Magic card in existence. Featured on Magic's Reserved List, it will never be reprinted, ensuring it will always be the rarest and most precious card in the world.
wLxEJ TIL Tyrannosaurus Rex lived closer to the making of the movie Jurassic Park (1993) than they did to the existence of Stegosaurus.
9wkaM TIL in 2003, Raiders player Barret Robbins 'Missed the Super Bowl to Party in Tijuana'
16o6r TIL that the first American flag was designed by a high school student in 1958. He got a B- on the project, but when his design was adopted, his grade was bumped to an A!
0wVRp TIL Norway had the biggest merchant fleet during WW2 with over 1000 ships, and shipped 40% of the fuel to the allies during WW2. The British PM Winston Churchill and the US President Franklin Roosevelt stated that “Nortraship is worth more for the Allied cause than a million soldiers on the ground”