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TIL The US Navy submarines started using Xbox 360 controllers back in 2017 to control their periscopes

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gr5WA TIL that Imperata cylindrica - also known as kunai grass - is listed as an invasive weed in some areas of the world, but it is also a common medical spice that has been used in traditional Chinese medicine.
ZAAB TIL music sounds better when heard with the left ear, while the right ear is more efficient at deciphering speech.
4X95o TIL Nine-banded armadillos always have litters of identical quadruplets
m1d6E TIL that pope Alexander VI liked to watch horses copulate. Which would make him “laugh fit to bust.
Z8MXG TIL Australian child murderer, psychopath & pedophile Nicole Louise Pearce (born Paul Luckman) underwent gender-reassignment at state expense while incarcerated, was paroled in 1999 against the advice of majority professional opinion and repeatedly relocated to within close proximity of children