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TIL Ariana Grande's family owns the company that developed the first reliable marine communications system. It was adopted by the US Military and proved to be virtually indestructible. In 1994, this telephone system was found aboard the WWII Liberty Ship the SS Brown in perfect working order.

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ADm94 TIL of the Anti-Bolshevik League incident. Eventual CCP leader Mao Zedong had 120 political opponents arrested, 17 were murdered. It resulted in another communist army unit revolting, believing Mao was trying to kidnap fellow leaders Zhu De, Peng Dehuai and surrender to the nationalist KMT
Oorp6 TIL that a chicken has more bones in its neck than a giraffe
WkbAX TIL that the minimum number of filled in spaces needed to solve a standard sudoku is 17
x60eo TIL of the tragic Concordia University massacre in 1992 that claimed the lives of four professors in Concordia University, Montréal Canada
xp61 TIL: Safety Beach located in Victoria, Australia. Changed its name from Sharks Cove to Safety Beach, to encourage more tourists to visit