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TIL Frederic John Walker aka Johnnie Walker was the most successful anti-submarine warfare commander during WWII credited with 17 U boats destroyed. Walker's last duty was protecting the fleet from U-boats during the Normandy landing before his natural death attributed to overwork and exhaustion.

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Z8yRR TIL that your “Miranda Rights” was named after Ernesto Miranda who wasn’t read his rights prior to confessing to a crime. Years later Ernesto was stabbed to death but when a suspect was arrested, unlike Miranda, he exercised his right to remain silent. With no evidence against him, he was released.
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