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TIL That Candied Horseradish was a cure for the black plague.

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Ool1g TIL that there are submarine Aircraft Carriers. Japan employed the I-400 class during WW2, and they could carry up to 3 bombers, in addition to 8 torpedo launchers & abti-aircraft guns. These submarines were twice as big as any ordinary subs of the time.
5VGOP TIL, 2016 Dallas, TX College Sniper Attack, SWAT planned for a bomb disposal robot with C4 explosive on its arm to enter a room next to a wall where the shooter was. The C4 blasted the wall, killing the gunman. This marked the first time a robot was used in targeted lethal force in the U.S.
lom71 TIL Hans Christian Andersen, author of The Little Mermaid, was not considered a Sci-Fi writer however, he predicted the invention of both the machine gun & the Air Force in his book 'The Wicked Prince' written in 1840.
6EjR7 TIL Dolphins sleep with one eye open and one eye closed. This is because only half of their brain is asleep at a time.
RaKQ TIL the world’s hottest vodka at 250,000 scovilles is so hot the manufacturers put a lead seal on the bottle that has to be cut with an wire cutter; and they insist on their website[link] you don’t buy it.