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TIL JFK carried one of his injured crew members through 4 miles in water to a small island after a Japanese ship attacked the vessel he was commanding.

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YjnP TIL that the bacteria used to ripen cheese, Brevibacterium, is the same bacteria found under toenails. This is what causes (dirty) toenails to smell similar to cheese
wLeM TIL Asperger’s syndrome used to be called “autistic psychopathy”
e0PWJ TIL that Saudi Arabia accidentally printed textbooks showing Yoda sitting next to the king.
b9Jk4 TIL in 1970, a pizzeria owner tried to catch the Zodiac Killer by filming a movie about him and hosting a premiere party in San Francisco, in the hope that the actual killer would show up to see it
bA50 TIL of the saltiest body of water on Earth, The Don Juan Pond. It is located in Antarctica but never freezes because of its high salinity.