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TIL when the USS West Virginia was raised following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the bodies of three men were discovered in a sealed compartment, along with a calendar on which they’d marked off 16 days.

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rpZW TIL a member of the Wu Tang Clan, Ol Dirty Bastard witnessed a car accident. He and a friend ran to the scene and helped lift a Ford Mustang—rescuing a 4 year old girl from the wreckage. Using a false name, he visited the girl in the hospital frequently until he was spotted by members of the media.
AN8Qo TIL that Cliff Young, a 61-year-old Australian potato farmer, shocked the world in 1983 by winning the 875 km Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon, reportedly without sleeping.
OoP8X TIL There's a gene that makes cilantro taste like soap. A study by the personal genomics company 23andMe identified a small DNA variation in a cluster of olfactory receptor genes that is strongly associated with the perception of a “soapy” taste in cilantro.
6El4X TIL one day after the sudden death of MLB pitcher Jose Fernandez, the Marlins all wore his jersey and even hit a home run after his field tribute. This is considered by many to be one of the most emotional moments in baseball history.
ydj8 TIL while trying to eclipse the Eiffel Tower for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, an inventor named J. B. McComber proposed a 8,947 foot tower which would have rails extending from the top, leading all the way to New York City, Baltimore, and Boston, on which fair-goers could toboggan all the way home