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TIL that after surfacing under ice in the Arctic, the submarine USS Connecticut was attacked by a Polar Bear who proceeded to chew on the ship's rudder before 'disengaging.'

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j78a TIL at the site of Pablo Escobar’s main estate, Hippos escaped from his private zoo and have have become feral, living in at least four lakes in the area and spreading into neighboring rivers.
KOPBw TIL in 2008, Maple Leaf foods found that their meat was contaminated by listeria bacteria, and instead of covering it up , the CEO went on TV and accepted responsibility for the disaster, apologized to the public and recalled $20 million worth of food products.
j61DR TIL the March on Washington was initially planned in the 1940s to pressure the U.S. government into providing fair working opportunities for African Americans and desegregating the armed forces. When President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802 in 1941, collaborators called-off the initial march.
rNKMo TIL that heart strings can sometimes break after a deep emotional trauma causing the heart to lose form as a result be unable to pump blood effectively, you can literally die from broken heart.
YpQG7 TIL Djibouti author Abdourahman Waberi wrote a story about a world in which Africa was more advanced compared to the West. In her writing, Zurich held the highest rate of AIDS infections and African leaders were making broad pronouncements about the hoards of impoverished, starving Japanese