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TIL that a sailor divided by zero and caused the USS Yorktown’s (CG-48) network system to fail, leaving it dead in the water.

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61B7 TIL Stephen King’s website has a “Dollar Babies” page - stories he’s willing to sell to film students for $1.
Mw7a TIL a single landfill in Kentucky takes garbage from states all over the East Coast. Originally planned to take 7,000 tons over its lifetime, it now takes 3,500 tons per day
WDP9 TIL that while recording Sex Pistols song Pretty Vacant in 1977, John Lydon emphasized “vacant”’s second syllable - so he could sneak the word ‘ct’ onto TV/radio. 35 years later the song was played in London’s 2012 Olympics opening ceremony – so Britain sneakily said 'ct’ to the entire world.
xdv1 TIL in 1997 a killer whale held a great white shark upside down for 15 minutes, causing it to suffocate, after which it ate only its liver.
YprJB TIL Fourteen American Revolutionary War Veterans Lived Long Enough to Have Their Photos Taken. Most Were Over a Hundred Years Old By Then.