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TIL: Divers found ~$4.5 million worth of Spanish gold coins 15 feet from the Florida shore.

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M7ROW TIL the Persian King Agha Mohammad Khan commanded the killing of two attendants for their loudness. On a holy day, he delayed their execution for a day and had them go back to their work. The attendants assassinated the king while he was sleeping that night.
WkL14 TIL a man was sentenced to prison for ten years for being the first person to stop applauding a speech made by Joseph Stalin; after a staggering 11 minutes.
7loM TIL that Steven Seagal once delayed production on a film because he was in his trailer reading a script. He emerged two hours later and told someone “I just read the greatest script I’ve ever read in my life”. When asked who wrote it, he responded, “I did”
QJme6 TIL that a KGB agent and a CIA agent became friends while trying to recruit each other; they knew the other was a spy and just didn’t talk about it
W79mB TIL there was a real life Chef Boy-ar-dee who was the head chef at The Plaza in NYC. He anglicized his name from Boiardi because non-Italians couldn't pronounce it.