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TIL in 1945 a Nazi U-boat was destroyed because of a malfunctioning toilet

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GY5LE TIL that the sons of famed WWII adversaries Erwin Rommel and George S. Patton became best friends and even shared the same birthday.
0xYy TIL In 1869 an atheist built a 10-foot tall petrified man statue and buried it in Cardiff, New York, to sucker Christians into thinking it was a long lost Biblical giant. They paid to view. He got rich.
0w8XM TIL George Washington was an imposing figure at over 6 feet tall and 225 pounds. The average man at the time was only 5'6".
Vm0m TIL There is a subset of Catholicism, recognised vatican called Eastern Catholicism who instead of taking the Latin rite take the Eastern Rite or Byzantine rite which among many differences allows their priests to marry.
GAw7E TIL in October 2020, Oreo constructed a concrete bunker in Svalbard, Norway, to protect their recipe in case of an asteroid impact. The vault also contains Oreos wrapped in Mylar and vials of milk powder.