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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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oBy9E TIL that in 1965 University of Florida football coach Ray Graves asked some scientists at the school to develop a drink to help hydrate his players. They created the drink, and two years later the Florida Gators won their first Sugar Bowl. It helped the Gators and was called Gatoraid because of it.
xVgZ5 TiL that Candian singer/songwriter Lawrence "Gowan" , known for such hits as "Strange Animal" and "Criminal Mind", is currently the lead singer of Styx.
QNP6L TIL Sylvester Stallone said that whilst shooting critically-panned D-Tox (2006) the teamsters met the cast at airport holding signs saying DETOX, making it look like Kris Kristofferson, Tom Berenger and Stallone were all going into rehab rather than a film shoot.
D1m9D TIL There is a Mayan dollar scam in Mexico where vendors use made up dollars to trick tourists. For instance, a vendor offers a gemstone or carving for $3. You pass him a $10 bill, but he only returns $1 and claims it is 3 Mayan dollars which is equivalent to $9
XaNQ TIL that The Complete Manual of Suicide, a Japanese book which provides explicit descriptions on various methods of suicide, was first published in 1993 and sold more than one million copies.