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TIL that the SS Edmund Fitzgerald may have been sunk by a rogue wave.

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PYQ0w TIL Rammstein wrote Links 2-3-4 (German for Left 2-3-4) to emphasize that they were to left on the political spectrum, after being accused of fascism/nazism.
N7ZwE TIL: Black US troops were welcome in Britain in WW2, but the US military's attempt to initiate segregation led to a shootout.
AN0yo TIL that a 4-year-old was arrested for witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials. Little Dorothy Good spent 10 months chained in a prison cell after confessing to a local judge that she had a pet snake that could talk.
wLg01 TIL Hagfish are the only vertebrates that have no backbone. This is because their ancesters lost their vertebral columns through evolution
mxAgx TIL about Jeff Dabe, a competitive arm wrestler, has the biggest recorded ring size of 38, with his finger measuring 4.78" around. His wrists and forearms are 12" and 19" respectively.