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TIL Only two ships have been sunk by submarines since WW2: the INS Khukri by the PNS Hangor during the Indo-Pakistani War and the ARA General Belgrano by HMS Conqueror during the Falkland Islands war.

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Aoa4 TIL an inmate confronted Al Capone to get back when he cut in the line, Al asked him if he knows who he is and while holding scissors to Capone’s neck he replied: “Yeah, I know who you are, greaseball. And if you don’t get back to the end of that fucking line, I’m gonna know who you were.”
E1epP TIL that Eberhard I, the Duke of Wuerttemberg (1445-1495) once was praised as the richest prince amongst the German princes, as he was said to be able to rest his head on the lap of every one of his subjects without having fear for his life or property.
mK1v TIL “Puff the Magic Dragon” was a warplane in Vietnam. It could put a bullet in every square yard of a football field in under ten seconds
KYdeJ TIL that in the early 1900s, only 7% of Americans used toothpaste until Claude Hopkins marketing campaign to sell Pepsodent after which, the number of people who used toothpaste jumped up to 65%
vP0Wr TIL Squid Games is based on Brothers Home in Busan, Korea in the 1970's and 80's