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TIL There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.

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D1EYe TIL, "Genghis Khan" Was just a title meaning "ruler of all", his given name was Temüjin Borjigin.
Mev8m TIL notorious killer, Richard Kulinski, once put a body into a barrel of cement and left it in front of a diner. He regularly visited the diner waiting for the body to be discovered until one day the barrel went missing. The diner's patrons never discussed it and the body was never recovered.
Rnwj TIL that long nails of two NICU nurses (one with natural nails, one artificial) caused 46 pseudomonas infections in infants during a 15 month period. Sixteen babies died, at least 8 as a direct result of the infections.
OG6Ng TIL Roscoe Conkling was the last person to turn down an appointment to the United States Supreme Court, doing so in 1882. Conklin had been a prominent lawyer and senator, who drafted the 14th Amendment. His reason for turning down the appointment was only, "reasons you would not fail to appreciate."
bO14 TIL of an Australian birthday tradition; where after cutting the cake, the birthday girl/boy has to kiss the nearest person of the opposite sex.