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TIL Santana took acid before performing at Woodstock. This performance launched his career into stardom.

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W7Q9Y TIL: The US Navy used Xbox 360 controllers to operate the periscopes on submarines based on feedback from junior officers and sailors; the previous controls for the periscope were clunky and real heavy and cost about $38,000 compared to the Xbox 360 controller’s cost of around $20.
6EdE8 Dangerous selfies have killed 'at least' 259 people. A 2018 study claims the number could be much higher, as selfies are never named as a cause of death.
xVZa0 TIL that there are more people buried in the Catacombs than the entire current population of Paris.
rNV41 TIL 3M (the manufacturing company) attempted to expand its revenue line in the 1960s through by designing and releasing board games.
4XjEg TIL French Aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is the only nuclear-powered carrier completed outside of the US Navy, and the only non-American carrier equipped with a catapult launch system.