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TIL German Chocolate Cake was made by a Englishman Named German.

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kJ4d TIL a ferry sank in the Baltic Sea in 1994. The ship and 852 passengers are still at the bottom of the sea, and it’s illegal to dive to it.
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4krYg TIL about Adolphe Sax, the inventor of the saxophone. Sax survived multiple near-death experiences, including falling from a height, swallowing a pin, and surviving poisoning. Despite these challenges, he went on to revolutionize music with his creation of the saxophone in 1846.
LGwp TIL Turkish Maroon Berets(special forces) has a training program called The Trust Shot. It consists of two members of a squad standing next to paper target boards, while another member fires on the targets with a handgun while walking towards them from 15 meters (50 feet) away.
Z89gR TIL HSBC knowingly laundered so many billions of dollars for the Mexican drug cartel that special deposit cash boxes were developed for them to fit the exact size of the teller windows. No executive saw a jail cell.