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TIL that in the 1960s and 1970s energy companies experimented with underground nuclear explosions in Western Colorado to release oil shale and natural gas deposits. Project Rulison involved a 40-kiloton nuclear bomb detonated underground in what is now a stretch of I-70.

by whatilearned September 5, 2022, 4:55 pm

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TIL that the word ‘bomb’ refers to bees, because ancients used to throw beehives as an early sort of grenade

by whatilearned August 31, 2022, 1:45 pm

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TIL that in 1980, a bomb went off in the train station in Bologna, killing 85 people.

by whatilearned August 31, 2022, 10:53 am

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AITA for selling images of furry vore and scat disguised as pipe bomb instructions on the deep web?

by CopyPastaArchive August 28, 2022, 4:07 pm

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TIL on March 11, 1958, the US Air Force accidently dropped a nuclear bomb on a farm in Mars Bluff, South Carolina

by whatilearned August 28, 2022, 2:25 pm

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How to make a black powder pipe bomb

by CopyPastaArchive August 18, 2022, 10:56 am

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TIL Jack Benny’s last staring role in a film was in The Horn Blows at Midnight, which was a box office bomb. The film would go on to gain a new life as a punchline on The Jack Benny Program where it was the butt of jokes for over 20 years.

by whatilearned August 7, 2022, 1:59 pm

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TIL about the US governments “ninja bomb” that uses blades, mass, and velocity rather than explosives to kill its intended target.

by whatilearned August 2, 2022, 2:12 pm

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TIL that the Royal Navy had a ship named for farts. HMS Petard was named after a small bomb that the French called a “petard”, meaning “fart”. A fan of puns, Shakespeare almost certainly knew of the word’s origin when he wrote the phrase “hoist with his own petard” i.e. “lifted by his own fart.”

by whatilearned July 29, 2022, 2:09 am

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You are forced to attend an interview for a job you do not want. How do you bomb the interview?

by QuestionGuy July 28, 2022, 5:13 pm

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TIL about “Bomb” a Canadian Sherman M4A2 tank that landed on Juno Beach on D Day and fought across Europe every day until the the words “Unload, clear guns, the war is over” came over the radio, indicating the end of the war. 4000km travelled, never missed a day of combat.

by whatilearned July 27, 2022, 2:56 am

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Disney Bomb Syndrome

by CopyPastaArchive July 19, 2022, 8:12 am

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