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TIL during WWII, if a US submarine sank all the targets it engaged, it was considered a "clean sweep" and a broom was attached to the periscope to celebrate their accomplishment

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Zp7op TIL Australian cricketer David Boon once drank 52 cans of beer on a flight to England.
OGgnX TIL in 2013 two Iranian F-4 Phantoms attempted to intercept a drone escorted by two F-22 Raptors. Due to having a bumblebee-sized radar cross-section, an F-22 was able to fly underneath an F-4 to see its weapons without it noticing then flew next to the F-4 and radioed "you really ought to go home."
p8WYA TIL that people & organizations have spent millions of dollars to build an electrical grid in Kenya to have their efforts thwarted by individuals who steal PCP contaminated oil to sell to road side vendors to fry food with.
dNbj TIL ‘Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas’ was nominated AND won the 'Worst screen combo’ award, the nominees? Kirk Cameron and his ego
kO1Dg TIL in 1982, Universal Studios sued Nintendo on the grounds that Donkey Kong was an exact copy of Universal-alleged owned King Kong. The judge ruled that Universal acted in bad faith by threatening Nintendo’s licensees and it had no right over King Kong due to being in public domain.