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TIL that in 2009 two nuclear submarines (French and British) collided into one another in the Atlantic… because they couldn’t detect one another.

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Webo TIL: There are 1.34 billion farmers worldwide, and 74% of them practice traditional handpicking on small farms, but supply less than 5% of our global food supply.
D1enY TIL that the US Food & Drug Administration keeps extending the deadline for the biggest food chains to comply with nearly decade-old federal calorie disclosure laws
AdJa TIL -In the 1880s, a baboon worked as a signalman for nine years on a south african railroad. He was paid in brandy and never made a mistake.
a865A TIL about John Bradmore, a criminal who managed to successfully remove a bodkin arrow that had been lodged in King Henry V’s face. Henry went on to survive and defeat the French at the Battle of Agincourt.
a8D1o TIL Bowling almost as old as human civilization itself. There are depictions of ancient bowling on Egyptian tombs dating back 5,000 years.