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TIL that the 1985 discovery of the TITANIC was actually part of a top secret US government program. The mission was to investigate two US nuclear submarines that sank in the 1960's. Discovering the Titanic was just a cover story.

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rQ5M TIL in 2015 a French court renamed a baby after the judge ruled that the parents’ decision to the name the child “Nutella” was not in the child’s best interest
v184L TIL: The Vikings Beat Columbus To America By Nearly 500 Years (And Were Repeatedly Repelled By Native Peoples)
x66gw TIL Quakers invented the price tag. They were invented because Quakers viewed haggling as immoral since different people paid different prices for the same item. This innovation actually made retail more efficient because employees needing less training and were able to serve more customers.
GAKxj TIL cucumbers, pumpkin, squash, and watermelon are all in the same plant family
kLEB TIL that only two of the 185 countries in the International Labour Organization do not have laws mandating parental leave- the United States, and Papua New Guinea.