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TIL that “Extinct” Pygmy Elephants Have Been Found Living on Borneo

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rNAAM TIL the “L” in salmon is silent
xXoo TIL that there are “new” colors such as blue-yellow and red-green that can’t normally be perceived.
EkPo TIL that after the sinking a british U-boat during WWII, Herbert Schultze sent radio message “cq - cq- cq - transmit to Winston Churchill. I have sunk the British steamer Firby. Posit 59.40 North and 13.50 West. Save the crew, if you please. German U-boat”. This made Schultze famous in Germany & UK.
DQ5WY TIL that John Denver died piloting a home-built aircraft he was not permitted to fly. Despite having over 2,700 hours of flight experience, the FAA had revoked his flight status for medical reasons for failing to maintain sobriety, though alcohol was not involved in the crash.
oRlr7 TIL of Deborah Sampson. She was a woman from Massachusetts who disguised herself as a man and served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. After her sex was revealed in 1783 she was honorably discharged at West Point.