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TIL The Titanic Was Found During A Secret Cold War Navy Mission

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QdGd TIL the naked mole-rat is the only species of animal (including simple organisms) in which cancer has never been observed, it can’t feel pain through its skin, it’s the only mammal with a social structure similar to ants or termites including a reproducing queen, and it’s the longest living rodent.
OopR6 TIL the largest industrial disaster in history occurred in 1975 during the cultural revolution in China. The Banqiao Dam collapsed during a typhoon which is estimated to have killed hundreds of thousands. The CCP covered up this disaster for almost 20 years.
R7kml TIL that former US President Lyndon B Johnson wanted to have a jet installed in White House so that water would constantly shoot onto his penis.When told it would be incovenient, he invoked Vietnam War - "If I can move 10,000 troops in a day, you can certainly fix the bathroom any way I want it"
mxYAv TIL that Sesame Street's Oscar the Grouch has been performed by the same, original Muppeteer since 1969.
Ke44 TIL The Solar Panels Jimmy Carter set up on the White House in the 1970’s, that were taken immediately down by Ronald Reagan, can now be found in a Chinese science museum.