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TIL The Hunt for the Titanic Was Secretly a Hunt for Fallen U.S. Nuclear Submarines

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9YG8m TIL I learned that catfish can breathe partly through their butts -- and maybe we can too. So can loaches (a type of freshwater fish) and orb-weaving spiders, and apparently also mice, rats, and pigs. (Bonus: So can some turtles.)
0dkXv TIL of the Aztec “Curse of One Rabbit”, where the first year (One Rabbit) of the 52 year calendar cycle was associated with famine and catastrophe. Incredibly, one study suggested a “real climatic origin”, with 10 of the 13 years having a famine, including one of the worst in world prehistory.
rVVx TIL at 78, Sam Whittemore was the oldest colonial soldier in the American Rev War. He ambushed a British unit killing 1 by musket &2 by pistol. He was shot in the face, bayoneted &left for dead in a pool of blood. Colonials found him alive,trying to reload. Despite a grim Dr diagnosis he lived to 96
4ekR TIL a federal judge ruled drivers allowed to flash headlights to warn of speed traps.
kJjbm TIL about Ngerllumund which is the smallest capital city of a sovereign nation on Earth. It consists solely of government buildings and has a recorded population of 0