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TIL towards the end of WWII, Japan developed suicide motorboats called Shinyo, which were piloted by 15~17 year olds.

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gMN4y TIL about NBA star Brian Williams, a polymath who following the end of his basketball career changed his name to Bison Dele, traveled the world having adventures (bazookas were involved). After learning to sail he bought a catamaran and set sail from Hawaii toward Tahiti. He was never seen again.
X04MQ TIL That in the movie Clueless, Josh is Cher's step-brother
kO7Xg TIL The Simpsons was originally supposed to end in December 2011 with the series finale episode that eventually aired called "Holidays of Future Passed."
EgKEd TIL that the Wehrmacht suffered 80% of its military deaths in WW2 on the Eastern Front
N7NbP TIL that residential dishwashers have a filter that needs to be cleaned. I don’t know how this escaped me until now...especially considering that I’ve cleaned many a commercial dishwasher filter.