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TIL the ship USS Samuel B Robert's is the deepest shipwreck ever found and photographed at four and one half miles deep in the Philippine sea.

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bmKp TIL it is illegal in some states to collect, store, and use rainwater
wv68 TIL that the first Sikh American/Asian American/Indian American to be elected to Congress was Dalip Singh Saund, who served in Congress from January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1963. Saund was also the first member of a non-Abrahamic faith to be elected to Congress.
OoKl1 TIL that during WWI a German weapon manufacturer developed a 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) unmanned, drone, biplane, glider torpedo that was launched from Zeppelin Airships. It was guided by wire to its target. The last test was August 2, 1918, 102-years-ago
XGgD TIL we can eat an entire bag of chips without knowing it because chips have a “vanishing caloric density” that is designed to trick our tongues/brain into thinking we haven’t actually eaten anything
oBP1L TIL- In 1968, During the Height of the Civil Rights Struggle in the U.S., Mr. Rogers Shared a Wading Pool with the Police Officer on His Show, a Black Man, and Later Shared a Towell and Dried His Feet For Him a Revolutionary Act at the Time