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TIL the US Navy has 6 standard alarms for specific scenarios on a submarine. Each alarm sounds different, has immediate actions and priority- collision, diving, missile emergency, missile jettison, general, and power plant casualty. A mnemonic for the order is, "Can Dead Missile Men Get Pro-Pay?"

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VMKkm TIL on March 27, 1977, Robina van Lanschot decided to not reboard her flight, staying at her layover destination, despite this being against the rules. She was the sole surviving passenger of KLM Flight 4805, which crashed into Pan Am Flight 1736 on takeoff, killing 583.
6KjW TIL that the scientific name for llamas is “Lama glama”
QmRk TIL there is a small swimming pool in the middle of the Mojave Desert that can be used by anyone who knows of its location and has obtained the key to open it.
4kRaN TIL Americans have a distinctive lean and it’s one of the first things the CIA trains operatives to fix.
6Aml TIL the late King Olav V of Norway used public transport. He was nicknamed Folkekonge, “The people’s king”.