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TIL a woman hung herself in front of several houses, went unreported for several hours due to many thinking it was a Halloween decoration.

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R7X5w TIL about the Storozhevoy's mutiny. Valery Sablin, the ship's political commissar, detained the captain and other officers, prompting a manhunt involving half of the Baltic fleet, including 13 naval vessels and 60 warplanes. This incident was the basis for Tom Clancy's The Hunt for Red October.
QJ0mE TIL that the U.S. refused to repay massive revolutionary war debts to France after Frances own revolution, claiming the debt was owed to the prior regime
8ag0G TIL 43% of NHS’ (UK) doctors are Indian or of Indian origin
0Xvj TIL: The United States top export to China is Garbage
8aJOL TIL The 'Space Window' at Washington National Cathedral features a moon rock returned to Earth by Neil Armstrong and his Apollo 11 crew. The cathedral hosted a memorial service for Armstrong in 2012 to mark the passing of the first moonwalker