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TIL a Chinese-built submersible has the greatest depth range of any manned research vehicle in the world

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VBWL8 TIL Sun Microsystems was named after Stanford University Network
1aN08 TIL that pistachio nuts are very tricky to ship. They can spontaneously combust or suck all of the air out of a storage area
b9Qd0 TIL Liberty Island — which the Statue of Liberty stands on — belongs to New York, but the waters around it belong to New Jersey.
M9am TIL that in WW2, a Marine Corps Corsair pilot ground off an enemy reconnaissance plane’s tail with his propeller after his guns jammed, while under fire from the enemy plane’s tailgunner. The enemy plane crashed and he made it back to base, receiving the Navy Cross for his actions that day.
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