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TIL there are an estimated 3 million plus undiscovered shipwrecks in the worlds oceans.

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VBmVp TIL: At least one player drafted in Top 5 of the NBA draft was named Rookie of the Year, or has made an All-Star Team or All-NBA Team every year since 1976. The highest drafted player who made an All-Star Team that season was Adrian Dantley, who was drafted 6th by the Buffalo Braves.
rb1e TIL Liam Neeson once punched a pupil while training to be a teacher.
e4AJ TIL that Carlos Vasquez, a dry cleaner in New York, has a sign outside his shop that reads: If you are unemployed and need an outfit clean for an interview, we will clean it for FREE".
4Xo7g TIL 'The Father of Modern Gynecology', James Marion Sims, perfected his surgical techniques by operating without anesthesia on enslaved black women.
kOgNe TIL that it took seven weeks for Franklin Roosevelt's parents to name him "Franklin".