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TIL about the "Ghost Ships of Kiptopeke" - concrete ships sunken off of Kiptopeke, VA, USA to form a breakwater

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5DwB TIL less than two years after getting fired from SNL, Norm Macdonald returned as a host and went on to ridicule the show during the opening monologue.
a8dyM TIL: Leonardo da Vinci designed scuba gear for sneak attacks on enemy ships from underwater. The leather suit was equipped with a bag-like mask that went over the diver’s head. Attached to the mask around the nose area were two cane tubes that led up to a cork diving bell floating on the surface.
69KG7 TIL about Eugène-François Vidocq (1775-1857), a French criminal turned criminalist, whose life story inspired several writers, including Victor Hugo, Edgar Allan Poe, and Honoré de Balzac. He is the father of the French national police force and regarded as the first private detective.
0wlr1 TIL that in 1695 the English parliament passed a law to tax all bachelors over the age of 25. The Bachelor Tax was later abolished in 1706.
XJ8k TIL that Jodie Foster was so fluent in French that she dubbed her own movies.