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TIL that Argentina tried to sink a British warship in Gibraltar during the Falklands War in 1982

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ANmn7 TIL about Gene Moe, An Alaskan Hunter that in 1999 Killed a 750LB Kodiak bear with a pocket knife when he was 69 years old
gxV8 TIL that after Einstein’s death in 1955, a small notebook containing his calculations was found. That notebook has been posted online for everyone to see.
690DJ TIL the Japanese government gifted Dr. Yamanaka, known for his work on induced pluripotent stem cells, 160,000 yen for a washing machine after he won the Nobel Prize, as he mentioned in an interview, "I was in the middle of repairing my washing machine when I heard the news."
4OGa TIL that in 1808, a gentleman’s duel took place at 2,000 ft. in hot air balloons. Each man attempted to destroy the others balloon.
ZpaR4 TIL that Los Angeles, California's Griffith Park was originally an ostrich farm