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TIL in 1582, the Japanese composed of Ronins and pirates tried to invade The Philippines but was pushed back by the then occupying Spaniards

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dDD8d TIL in 1955, actor Ray Liotta was adopted from an orphanage at the age of six months. He hired a private detective to locate his biological mother in the 2000s, and learned that he had one biological sister, one biological half-brother, and five biological half-sisters.
Dy7j TIL That in 1998, a US Navy warship became dead in the water after the Navy opted to run the ship on Windows NT 4.0 instead of a more fitting OS. A sailor unknowingly divided by zero, causing an overflow error and killing the entire ship.
KOoAa TIL that in 2015, New York City went 12 days without a reported homicide. It was the longest streak since the NYPD began recording statistics with a computer program in 1994. The previous record was 10 days.
GgVQ TIL the 2012 Olympics was the first time that every country sent a woman to compete.
O85g TIL there are three things that your brain cannot naturally ignore: food, attractive people, and danger.