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TIL The names "Little Boy" and "Fat Man" do not refer to the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki specifically, but were instead names for the bomb designs used.

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J1RZ8 TIL the longest theoretical sight line at ground level on earth is Hindu-tagh in China to Mt. Dankova in Kyrgyzstan at 538 Km, while the longest photographed sight line is from the Spanish Pyrenees to French Alps at 443 Km.
YZ1v TIL in 2010, a flash mob of black youth showed up at the Iowa State Fair, yelled “It’s beat whitey night!”, and proceeded to assault white fairgoers at random.
ne59b TIL Henry Kissinger's son is the head of Conan O'Brien's production company CONACO
7rXQ7 TIL about the Galloway Hoard, the most significant Viking Age treasure hoard ever discovered, which was found in Scotland by a metal detectorist in 2014
nePYB TIL the term "out of the blue" originates from lightning strikes out of the clear blue sky.