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TIL There is a supercomputer called Kraken.

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nWybr TIL of the Japanese hell ship Arisan Maru. Torpedoed by an American submarine, all of the 1,781 POW’s onboard managed to escape the sinking ship. However, as they were not rescued by the Japanese, only 9 ultimately survived.
G5aJ TIL-Dr Asperger’s real accomplishment was identifying the full autism spectrum. He identified “higher functioning” autistic children to the Nazis in an effort to save them from mass murder in their eugincs program.
OG5e1 TIL that the ornate wooden detailing on houses is referred to as ‘gingerbread’
RYD8 TIL In a case between two African-Americans, a New York jury found use of the N-word at the workplace creates a racially hostile environment. No excuses or exceptions.
W9AB TIL that there’s a rare, discontinued kind of firearm (pistols, rifles) that shoots tiny ROCKETS instead of bullets!