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TIL on September 21, 1997, a crew member aboard the USS Yorktown accidentally divided by zero and caused a systems failure that stopped the propulsion of the ship.

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oRyZW TIL "Creature" (also know as "the titan find") 1985, an Aliens inspired horror sci-fi movie, is in the public domain. its early special effects were done by the Skotak brothers, who would go on to make the effects for Aliens (1986).
ednn TIL Mt. St Helens erupted while the Grateful Dead were performing ‘Fire on the Mountain’ in Portland, OR on June 12, 1980.
BAPe TIL Davy Crockett, as a Congressman in the the U.S. House of Representatives, opposed President Andrew Jackson’s 1830 Indian Removal Act and was the only member of the Tennessee delegation to vote against it. Six years later he died defending the Alamo.
VbLm TIL that Alexandre Vattemare, who created the first cultural exchange system between public libraries and museums, was a ventriloquist who trained as a surgeon, but was refused a diploma after making cadavers seem to speak during surgical exercises.
wL8G7 TIL The female Kangaroo can produce both full fat and low fat milk at the same time in order to feed two joeys at different stages of development.