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TIL that singer R Kelly is illiterate

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KaMG TIL on April 5, 1943 the Destroyer USS O'Bannon encountered a Japanese submarine. Too close to fire their guns, the crew threw potatoes at the Japanses sailors, who thought they were grenades, distracting them long enough to get distance from the sub, fire their guns, and eventually sink it.
dDW7 TIL that only 2 of the contestants from Hell’s Kitchen received their promised prizes and that one, Dave, was treated like a line Cook and left shortly after.
R54RQ TIL of Cordell Jackson, who (among other things) is thought to be the first woman to produce, engineer, arrange and promote music on her own rock and roll music label.
neDjG TIL that in Japanese anime and in Native American Sioux culture, nosebleeds signify sexual arousal.
Qp6d TIL In 1974, CBS allowed the use of the N-word on an episode of the TV show “All in the family”