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TIL the battlecruiser SMS Seydlitz sank three times. The third time was because the guy in charge wasn't there when it was raised, so he made them re-sink it so he could get the photo-op.

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9YXEm TIL Franziska Donner, the First Lady of the Republic of Korea from 1948 until 1960, was Austrian. She met Syngman Rhee at the Geneva Disarmament Conference. Despite a significant gap in age and backgrounds, as well as familial opposition on her part, they were married the following year in New York
KYbpJ TIL JC Penney was founded as a frontier store in Wyoming
lBV7 TIL there has been a National Hobo Convention in Britt, Iowa, every year since 1900, where a hobo is crowned King (and sometimes Queen).
GYx7G TIL The Daniel K Inouye Solar Telescope captured an image of granular looking convection cells on the surface of the sun, which are each about the size of Texas. Features as small as 30 km can be resolved from the image
djJE TIL a pro Counter-Strike player said about his team that they ‘were all on Adderall’ in an interview; as a result, the ESL, one of the largest eSports organization, announced that they will be working with the World Anti-Doping Agency to implement drug-testing for pro players.