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TIL during WWII, Admiral William Halsey sailed the US Third Fleet through a category 2 typhoon, causing three destroyers to capsize, 790 lives lost and 146 airplanes damaged beyond repair. In 1945, Halsey tried yet again to sail into another typhoon, this time losing 75 planes and 6 lives.

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YxJP TIL that a neutron star is so dense that if an object was dropped from one meter above the star’s surface, it would hit the surface at a speed of 7.2 million km per hour
WgMA TIL that Muhammad Ali was invited to North Korea in 1995 with a collection of other athletes. Though he didn’t speak much during the visit, at one function, as officials claimed they could take out the US or Japan whenever they wanted to, Ali declared loudly “no wonder we hate these motherfuckers.”
nWvZG TIL of the Ice Cream barge, a concrete barge that was acquired by U.S. Navy to make Ice Cream for troops in the Pacific during WW2. It produced 10 US Gallons (38 L) of Ice Cream every 7 minutes.
D1x1J TIL that in 1973 the Who’s drummer Keith Moon passed out mid-show. The band continued without him for several songs before Townshend asked, "Can anyone play the drums? – I mean somebody good?" 19 year old Scot Halpin, who had bought scalped tickets came up and played the rest of the show.
Z8nPa TIL that a stunning $12 trillion — almost 40 percent of all foreign direct investment positions globally — is completely artificial; it consists of financial investment passing through empty corporate shells with no real activity.