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TIL during a press conference in June 1943 Congressman Andrew May noted that Japanese depth charges detonated too soon to be effective. The Japanese changed depth charge tactics after the press releases, killing 800 US submariners

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0dG6A TIL, Anna Jarvis, who founded Mother's Day in 1908 (in America), passionately opposed its growing commercialization and eventually campaigned against the holiday.
wLgY TIL in 1985, the Soviet Union compiled a secret list of 38 “ideologically harmful” western bands, which included Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Depeche Mode, and the Village People.
OGEDX TIL Tigers in the Sundarbans region of India and Bangladesh have been known to hunt and kill humans. Until recently, it is estimated that these tigers got 3% of their calories from eating humans.
8ePNb TIL the "Messiah" Stradivarius violin is the only Stradivarius that is considered to be in "like new" condition, having been played so infrequently that it has basically no wear.
x4Xw TIL that in 1976 a Japanese ultranationalist porn actor died after flying a plane into the house of a yakuza don to punish him for accepting millions of dollars in bribes from Lockheed & betraying the samurai code