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TIL in 1958, the US Air Force made plans to detonate a nuclear bomb on the moon and wanted it to visible by the naked eye on earth. They hoped it would boost American morale to counter the USSR’s advances in the space race. Project_A119

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wLPv7 TIL that there are claims that Jesus switched places with his younger brother Isukiri for his crucifixion, escaped to Japan at the age of 21 where he married a farmer's daughter, had three kids, and died at the ripe old age of 106; His remains are said to be buried in the town of Shingo.
0dRx5 TIL artist George Herms had an art exhibit called “secret exhibition” in 1957. It was installed in Hermosa Beach, California. The art was among a row of demolished buildings' foundation blocks. A few friends visited it on a single day, then the works were left to decay.
GY6m1 TIL "Seven Days to the River Rhine", a USSR battle plan forged at 1979, which planned to carpet bombing western Europe with nukes so the forces Warsaw Pact could push to Rhine river within a week.
W7r0d TIL that in his early years at Choate, JFK lived in the shadow of his older brother and countered this by acting out, which drew a group of friends. Their most infamous trick involved blowing up a toilet seat with a firecracker.
D1YPg TIL of Julie D'Aubigny, the famous 17th century French opera singer who once took the holy vows to enter a convent so she could have sex with a nun. She also had a habit of seducing women at parties, which led to their husbands challenging her to a duel. An expert duelist, she killed 10 men this way