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TIL That the ARA General Belgrano that was sunk during the Falklands War (1982) between Argentina and the United Kingdom, was at anchor at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (1942).

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MepLW TIL that "Texas is a common law marriage state. Therefore, 2 willing parties (who are over 18, unmarried and aren’t related) are legally married if they publicly announce they’re married 3 times."
5DkB TIL that nearly a third of the adult men living in the British territory of Pitcairn Island are convicted pedophiles. The U.K. foreign office does not allow its staff located on the island to be accompanied by their children, and all children under 16 require a special permit to enter.
nWmrb TIL a US Navy F11 Tiger shot itself down by during a weapons test by catching up with its own bullets.
jNxgM TIL That the first Boeing 747 to fly a commercial route was also the first to be hijacked, 9 months after it flew its maiden commercial flight. 7 years later, it was also one of the planes destroyed in the Tenerife Airport Disaster.
087M TIL Jennifer Love Hewitt doesn’t have even a single film of hers rated fresh on rotten tomatoes.