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TIL the hull of the USS Arizona has been leaking oil since the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

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9WGQ TIL When Peter Falk was playing in a Little League game, the umpire called him out. Falk thought that he was safe. He pulled his glass eye out of its socket and handed it to the umpire, telling him, “Here, I think you might need this.”.
YpJQr TIL that an inmate serving a life term for molesting and killing a 10-year-old girl named Katie got "Katie's Revenge" tattooed across his forehead by other inmates.
bgMN TIL there is a sect of Muslims in Iraq that prove their faith by stabbing themselves straight through the torso, believing that Allah will guide the blade to miss all internal organs.
p8ZnA TIL of an all-female Anti-Poaching Unit in South Africa called Black Mambas. They reduced the number of incidents of snaring and poaching by as much as 76 percent
xVEbk TIL there is a city in Washington named 'George'. Every year, George, Washington celebrates the 4th of July by baking the world's largest cherry pie.