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TIL in 2018 Chick-fil-A earned more in sales than McDonald's, Burger King, and Subway combined

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gM16X TIL that the sub USS Archerfish was credited with only one sinking during WW2, the Japanese supercarrier Shinano. This remains the largest ship ever sunk by a sub, and measured by tonnage the most successful US patrol of the war.
4XxDo TIL Gooogle's first female engineer explained how she worked 130-hour weeks - by being strategic about when she slept, when she showered, and how often she went to the bathroom. She said that the nap rooms at Gooogle were there because it was safer to stay in the office than walk to your car at 3 am
ANJDg TIL in 2013 Jeff Bezoz launched a 3 month expedition to recover a F1 engine used on the Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket from a depth of 14,000 feet off the floor of the Atlantic ocean. The engine currently resides in the National Air and Space Museum and is the only recovered flown F1 engine.
R7ZPw TIL Behemoth is a tom cat accompanying the devil in Bulgakov's 'Master and Margarita.' In 2018, a cat by the same name was stolen from the Bulgakov Museum at Moscow and later returned.
awAkJ Today I learned crocodiles play by carrying flowers in their mouths and giving their smaller companions rides on their backs.