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TIL that, while it has no means of propulsion (which would risk distorting the results of its measuring instruments), the RV FLIP can sink partially vertically, to be submerged in the manner of a platform to study undersea sound waves. Its upright position suggested that it had sunk.

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Oa11 TIL that a South Korean searched the entire USA for an American soldier to repay for the kindness shown during the Korean War.
GYl7 TIL there’s an Immortality Drive on the I.S.S. that has the DNA sequence of Stephen Colbert
glrW TIL On September 11, 1987, Dan Rather, upset at the evening news being delayed by a U.S. Open tennis match, walked off the set and when the match was over CBS was left with nothing but dead air for six minutes
grEv8 TIL that the resident cat at 10 Downing Street is called the Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. The cats were found to be subject to partisanship in a study - the cat was liked more when voters were told that the ownership of the cat matches their political compass.
R5v91 TIL that in 2017, after an explosion aboard a Slovenian cargo ship, pararescuemen from the New York Air National Guard parachuted into the ocean 1,500 miles off coast in the middle of the night to reach the vessel and saved the lives of two badly injured crew members