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TIL The USS Johnston was saluted by a Japanese destroyer captain as it was sinking, after spending nearly 3 hours squaring off against 23 Japanese ships, including 4 Battleships, 8 Cruisers and 11 destroyers.

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dKxj TIL that the clocks in Grand Central Station (NY) run a minute fast to help passengers make their trains.
mQXY TIL that Werner Heisenberg and SS Chief Heinrich Himmler were school friends. When the SS began persecuting Heisenberg, Heisneberg’s mother called Himmler’s mother to ask that the SS stop. They did.
j79M TIL that in 1934, future president Gerald Ford threatened to quit his college football team unless his black teammate was allowed to play in a game against Georgia Tech
DRPD TIL that America’s first serial killers, the Harpe Brothers, were kicked out of pirate gang for being too brutal: the Harpe Brothers would throw their victims off the cliffs of Cave-In-Rock, Illinois