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TIL: Search For Titanic Really Was Cover-Up Mission to find missing nuclear submarines

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v1RbB TIL that Apelles, an ancient Greek painter, was considered by many, including Pliny, to be the greatest artist in the world. Pliny recorded that Alexander the Great so admired Apelles's work that he gave his concubine to him. Today, none of Apelles's original works have survived.
9mkX TIL a woman placed a severed finger, belonging to an associate of her husband, into her Wendy’s chili in order to sue the company. She was convicted and sentenced to 9 years in prison
j6rJM TIL of the lituya bay mega tsunami in 1950’s Alaska. The waves reached for a time a height of over 1,700 feet tall!
jNKRp TIL that US nuclear power plants, by law, are built strong enough to withstand the impact of a fully-loaded commercial airliner without rupturing
9w5Np TIL In 1747, James Lind conducted what is considered the first controlled clinical trial aboard a ship to treat scurvy. In addition to lemons, he tested cider, vitriol, seawater, spices, and vinegar as other treatment arms.