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TIL that the largest sea evacuation happened on 9/11. Almost 500, 000 people got evacuated by boat in less than 9 hours.

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Kr4a TIL that term “robotics” was accidentally coined by science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1941.
jNmWn TIL that in firing squads, one or more soldiers are given a magazine loaded with blanks so that each soldier can believe that they did not fire the fatal shot. For this reason, it is sometimes named the "conscience round"
gM6M7 TIL Jimmy Stewart, already a famous movie star, enlisted in the US Army Air Corps and eventually rose to the rank of brigadier general
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