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TIL a Polar bear attacked a US Submarine when it broke through sea ice in 2003

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0wL1M TIL that many critics and audience members felt that the horrific wounds inflicted by the M2 .50-cal. heavy machine gun in Rambo (2008) were so gory that it was unrealistic. However, Afghanistan veterans who had used the M2 noted that the wounds were quite accurate, and if anything were toned down
aer9 TIL that during the Drew Carey Show, Craig Ferguson played the character Mr. Wick with an over-the-top posh English accent “to make up for generations of English actors doing crap Scottish accents”.
KYoNB TIL: Macaulay Culkin's middle name is Macaulay Culkin
R5mx1 TIL the raccoon population in the UK has exploded, and they’re breaking into homes to steal food and alcohol. They get drunk and wreck havoc.
eX9b TIL in 2010, Raytheon used prisoners to test a device called the “Active Denial System”, which fires an invisible heat-beam that is capable of causing unbearable pain