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TIL that in a simulated, long-term, multinational space mission, Russian Cosmonauts sexually assaulted women, routinely broke into fist-fights.

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noKr TIL that in 2007, while excavating for a new building in Central London, archeologists discovered the unmarked isolated remains of a teenage Roman girl. She was later reburied on site with full Roman burial rites, and her tomb is marked by a Latin inscription commemorating the “Unknown Roman Girl.”
0mY5 TIL: A Utah High School allowed students to use a real gun, loaded with blank rounds, in a High School production of Oklahoma! Student shot himself in head with it, not knowing that a blank can still kill at close range, and died.
N7Ke6 TIL in 2009 a UK and French nuclear ballistic submarines collided with each other as neither of them knew the other sub was nearby. They were submerged and running silent but were moving slowly enough that though the ships were damaged, there were no injuries nor radioactive releases.
OGmdL TIL that Frank Sinatra's last words were "I'm losing"
loveG TIL Russia didn't consider beer to be alcohol until 2011. It was previously classified as a soft drink.