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

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NX071 TIL when Captain Francesco Schettino was asked why he abandoned the sinking Costa Concordia cruise ship in 2012 while the ship’s passengers were either dying or trying to escape, his excuse was that he accidentally fell into a lifeboat. He received 16 years in prison for his role in the incident.
WkM7o TIL of Yasuke, an east african man who came into the service of Japanese warlord Oda Nobunaga as a retainer in 1581 after being brought to Japan with Jesuit missionaries. When they first met Nobunaga had Yasuke's skin washed, believing it was ink only to realise that was Yasuke's natural skin colour
vPEPB TIL the longest medically verified amount of time that someone has spent sleeping, was 11 days by a 7 year old boy called Wyatt Shaw
jyjp TIL that mammalian evolution has been fundamentally driven by viruses
dD9nK TIL that the American Dream Mall in New Jersey has escalators on the third floor that seem to go to nowhere and end at the ceiling. According to the malls spokesperson, the escalators, which are located on the third floor, will actually lead to a future planned entertainment expansion.