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TIL The WW1 German Battlecruiser SMS Derfflinger gained the distinction of being a ship that spent more time afloat upside down than the right way up.

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W7onY TIL about Varg Vikernes, a black metal musician who was convicted of first-degree murder and the arson of four churches in Norway. The cover of his 1993 EP Aske (“ashes”) features a photo of a church he was accused of burning down.
gLv9 TIL that in 2007, Costco had to recall some punching bags because they were filled with dirty underwear instead of sand.
Z8DVG TIL about the “smiley face murder theory”, advanced by two retired NYC detectives, that a series of presumed drownings in Midwestern states were actually victims of a serial killer; the name refers to smiley face graffiti found near locations thought to have been used by the killer to dump bodies.
WkJdd TIL of Hessy Levinsons Taft who had her picture submitted into a contest to find the "most beautiful Aryan baby." She won. What the Judge, Joseph Goebbels, didnt know was that Hessy was a Jew and the photographer had entered the picture because he "wanted to make the Nazis (look) ridiculous."
XEXmP TIL that Guinness drinkers with moustaches are unknowingly wasting an estimated 162,719 pints every year by trapping it in their facial hair