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TIL that in 1962 Soviet Senior Officer Vasili Arkhipov convinced his captain not to launch a nuclear torpedo on the US after the submarine they were on was rocked by US depth charges, therefore single handedly stopping nuclear war.

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OG84L TIL about the Climbing Perch, a crawling fish that is threatening mainland Australia. They can live out of water for up to six days and climb up trees as high as six feet.
e0PGk TIL that 15 Titanic survivors who witnessed the ship breaking in half were discredited by US and UK politicians who led disaster probes- agreeing with the highest ranking surviving officer on the Titanic who said that it sank in one piece.
Awd4 TIL of Operation Choke Point. The Justice Department unfairly targets Porn Companies, Gun Dealers, and other legal businesses it doesn’t like and pressures banks not to do business with them
Jawj TIL After Rat-Packer Sammy Davis Jr died in 1990, his Widow soon discovered that he was nearly broke and owed back taxes. She then had his body exhumed to strip him of the $70,000 worth of jewelry he had been buried with.
JGXj TIL critics complained that Indian musician Daler Mehndi’s music was only popular because his videos featured beautiful women. Mehndi’s response was to create a video featuring only copies of himself greenscreened in, leading to the creation of the “Tunak Tunak Tun” video.