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TIL: 2/3 of US population is one paycheck away from homelessness

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D1DZg TIL that North Korea has an official news site with an English translation
p8w6Q TIL of René Carmille, a punched-card computer expert and French double agent who is believed to have saved thousands of lives by sabotaging Nazi efforts to identify Jewish citizens. He eventually was found out, withstood torture, and sent to a concentration camp where he died in January of 1945.
m7xo Mercedes protect your eardrums in a crash by emitting a loud static noise just prior to impact, which triggers your ears to protect themselves. Also - your ears are able to protect themselves from loud noises
WaJX TIL that in 1942, a US Navy Captain successfully sank a German U-Boat off the Louisiana coast. The Navy disbelieved his report because he “hadn’t received anti-submarine training” and reprimanded him and his crew for what they presumed must have been a “sloppy” attack. He was removed from command.
mx4vP TIL on January 22, 1943 in Spearfish, South Dakota, the temperature rose from -4 at 7:32 a.m. to 45 degrees–a rise of 49 degrees—in just two minutes. A couple of hours later, it plunged from 54 back to -4 degrees–a change of 58 degrees in 27 minutes