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TIL that a robotic exploration of Loch Ness found a sunken Loch Ness monster movie prop

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Lkd9Q TIL of hidden mother photography, which was a result from the long exposure time needed for early photographs
BkQr TIL a year long investigation found that the coal industry was paying doctors and lawyers to defeat benefit claims of coal miners who contracted black lung disease.
78YDP TIL that in the 1990s, actor Marlon Brando would often spend time in AOL chatrooms getting into political arguments with unsuspecting strangers. His account was frequently suspended for ending arguments by telling others to “Fuck Off.”
OrB6 TIL of Rena Kanokogi, a judo practitioner who, disguised as a man, won a gold medal at the 1959 YMCA judo tournament only to have to return it upon the revelation of her gender. 50 years later, she finally got the medal back.
e6PE TIL the RMS Olympic (sister ship to the titanic) was the only merchant vessel in WW1 to sink an enemy u-boat. It rammed it despite having the speed to steam out of range of the sub.