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TIL a rural Texas town changed its name to DISH as part of a promotional deal with Dish Network in exchange for 15 years of basic satellite TV for residents

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yVV6a TIL about the Demon Core, a spherical 6.2 kg. mass of plutonium intented to be a third nuclear weapon against Japan. After Japan surrended, it was kept in the US where it caused the death of two Nuclear Physicists.
Yr1Z TIL that as of 2016, just 49.3% of the world population lived in countries with some form of fair and free elections, and only 4.5% could be said to be living in a full democracy.
Ool8e TIL Bumble Bees deliberately damage plants to force them to flower early, thus providing food for them up to 30 days before the plant would naturally flower
v1QOL TIL that in 2016, Aleix Segura Vendrell set a Guinness World Record by holding his breath for 24 minutes and 3 seconds.
grWeb TIL of Ken Adam, one of only three World War II Royal Air Force pilots to be born in Germany. After the war, he become a set designer and won two Oscars for Best Art Direction. He was knighted in 2003, and died in 2016.