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epvLk TIL About the Laconia Incident where a German U-Boat sunk the RMS Laconia, a British passenger liner. When it was rescuing survivors and towing them to a French handover, it was attacked by a US B-24 and led to the Kriegsmarine no longer assisting ships they sunk for the rest of the war.
4XYbw TIL According to his former manager, Travis Scott faked his soundcloud streams by using bots and then went to record labels and presented his fake numbers which helped him get signed.
pY8m4 TIL The Doors 1968 song, "Touch Me", was originally called, "Hit Me." Lead singer Jim Morrison requested the lyrics be changed, afraid rowdy crowds would take the song as an invitation to assault him
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AZjg TIL during prohibition Herbert Hoover would go to the Belgian embassy to have martinis, as it was not illegal to possess alcohol on foreign soil.