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TIL: USSR used nuclear bomb to stop gas well blowout in Uzbekistan

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b6G4N TIL that the "Filioque controversy" was a major theological dispute between Eastern and Western Christianity over whether the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father alone or from the Father and the Son, contributing to the Great Schism.
l7g7B TIL that British WW2 rationing did not end until 1958.
njGB TIL that there are methane ice worms in the depths of the Gulf of Mexico that live off of bacteria that eat the chemicals in the “ice”.
9wdJr TIL that in 67 C.E, Emperor Nero found a Boy named Sporus Who looked Like his deceased Wife, so he had him Castrated, Put in female attire, and made his entire Court play along with the act
Qena TIL when a US Navy ship returns from deployment the first sailors allowed off the ship are sailors whose wives gave birth while they were away