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TIL former Chicago Blackhawks goalie Sam LoPresti once killed a dolphin with basically a shiv, to feed 28 of his shipmates who were stranded on a lifeboat for 42 days, after a German torpedo took out their ship. They cooked the meat in a bucket full of kerosene soaked rags. Hockey players, man...

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gMdVL TIL that in 1956 the USAF used interceptors armed only with unguided rockets to try and shoot down a runaway target drone. All 208 rockets missed, starting bush fires as well as hitting buildings and cars in a nearby town. In total over 1,000 acres of land was burnt but there were no fatalities.
boAp TIL There are SEVEN possible habitable planets for the continuation of human life been discovered to date.
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LkeMd TIL that a bomb blast on a bus in London, England was initially feared to have killed 3 people and injured 8 in a suspected IRA attack.