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

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5YMMp TIL ultraviolet light on blood was used to treat infections before antibiotics were common.
EgD5P TIL there’s a Japanese schoolyard song about Tanuki’s testicles swinging freely, even without wind. Also learned the legendary Tanuki has 8 special traits; one of them being an oversized scrotum that symbolizes financial luck. Bit disappointed this wasn’t incorporated in Tanooki Mario.
V4ZZ TIL The only known armed Nazi military operation on North American soil, in October of 1943, was installation of Weather Station Kurt by a German u-boat team. It was accidentally discovered in 1977.
l7ZRG TIL a polar bear swam continuously for 687 kilometres (426 miles) in the Beaufort Sea. She swam for 232 hours or 9 days straight, in waters that were 2-6 degrees celsius, resulting in her cub dying and a drop in her body fat
NOKJ TIL: Dogs can smell when humans have low glucose levels (Type I Diabetes) and actually serve as a service animal.