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TIL The Departed is the movie with the most uses of the word “fuck” and its derivatives (237) to win the Best Picture Oscar.

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dDKLQ TIL In 1944, the USS Buckley engaged U-Boat U-66 in the Atlantic. The ship rammed the submarine and got stuck, and their respective crews engaged in hand to hand combat, using shell casings and coffee mugs as weapons.
mxekM TIL that Poland declared a full on War on the USSR in 1920 and Won
1aD9P TIL Initially selling for around $850 when introduced in 1908 (around $20,000 in today’s dollars), the Model T would later sell for as little as $260 (around $6,000 today) for the basic no-extras model
AxEB TIL that between 1970 and 1980, 2 billionaire brothers attempted to corner the silver market. They owned an estimated 1/3rd of the world supply when in 1980 the silver price collapsed with 80%. The brothers lost over a billion dollars.
x6kEb TIL cows are more closely related to dolphins than to horses