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TIL the U.S. Detonated an Underground Nuclear Bomb in Mississippi in 1964.

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dAEK TIL New York City is turning its old payphones into “time machines:” Pick up a payphone, call 1-855-FOR-1993 and hear a story, about what that neighborhood was like 20 years ago.
XlAj TIL Albert Einstein once needed a letter of recommendation from Madame Curie to secure a job.
X0GyQ TIL the President of Mexico has a Bachelor's Degree in Physics and two Engineering Degrees (Masters and PhD). She also completed her PhD research at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.
PYRDg TIL that human thigh bones apparently make excellent weapons in close combat; Especially thigh bones, which were prized by New Guinean warriors as materials that would often be carved into exceptionally strong, fierce daggers.
8aye4 TIL that romans invented the flamethrower in the early middle ages, only to lose the invention when the guy who invented it died. They re-invented it about 200 years later. It's also most likely the inspiration for the "wilfire" in GoT.