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TIL That Maryland’s Official State Sport is Jousting

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vPMXL TIL in 1959 the US Post Office Dept used the submarine USS Barbero to test the concept of rocket mail. A cruise missile with its warhead replaced with two mail containers was launched from the sub and successfully recovered at a naval air station in Florida
oZMR TIL you absorb roughly half the protein from an egg if you eat it raw vs cooking it. In other words, Rocky would have been better off frying his eggs as opposed to drinking them raw.
a876Z TIL that William Howard Russell, an Irish reporter for The Times, is considered to be the first modern war correspondent, and his coverage of the Crimean War was the first time that the British public could read about the realities of warfare
BGVd TIL A man named Henry Magee killed a cop who was executing a no knock warrant in Texas. Ultimately, he was not charged (with killing the cop) because he thought someone was breaking into his home. In Texas, you can use deadly force to defend self and property.
oOmY TIL There is a stork couple in Croatia, where the male travels 13 500 km each year, for 22 years, to visit his mate.