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TIL in 2002 the Pentagon ran a war game to simulate war with Iran. Marines general Paul Van Riper, playing the defender, sank 19 U.S. ships in 5-10 minutes, including a carrier, several cruisers, and five amphibious ships. He quit the game in disgust after he was ordered to play fair

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kJdmd TIL that the brothers that founded American restaurant chain Friendly's. brothers S. Prestley Blake and Curtis Blake, lived to 106, and 102 respectively. With S Prestley dying in 2021.
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