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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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oBdwY TIL the quote, "History is written by the victors" is widely misattributed to Winston Churchill and that the sentiment predates him by many years. The pronouncement on the nature of history was voiced earlier by people such as Hermann Göring and the Confederate Congressman George Graham Vest.
Xk6X TIL that after The Lion King was released a hyena biologist sued Disney for defamation of character for portraying hyenas as villains.
GY0PG TIL the original script for the Groundhog Day movie indicated that the main character went through his same-day time loop for 10,000 years
4XWEw TIL about The Hole, New York City, a small and low lying neighbourhood that is very (very) run down and suffers from frequent flooding. The mafia used to dispose of bodies there.
8eGYG TIL Guantanamo bay military base is leased from Cuba for $4085/month, except Cuba refuses to cash the checks. The only time a check was cashed was an accident, as they consider it stolen land.