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TIL that Pope Francis was a nightclub bouncer.

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9Yx5M TIL that, in 1962, a B-52 bomber broke apart over North Carolina, sending Atomic Bombs hurtling to earth. All the failsafes on one warhead failed except a single switch which remained intact, saving the US from nuclear disaster.
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