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TIL The US Navy war-gamed Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz in 2002 and lost, then changed the rules to say they won

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VBQdD TIL during an 12 year period from 1822 to 1833, four future US Presidents would all be born within the state of Ohio - Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, and Benjamin Harrison
8eJ1a TIL That prior to 1936, The South African Government Issued Licenses to Hunt Native African Tribesmen.
j59R TIL in the 70s the US tapped an underwater comm line located between two USSR harbors using navy divers deployed from a submarine. Submarines returned with divers every month to retrieve the tapes, and The soviets never found out despite having a network of sonar sensors!
nmj9 TIL that Tigers and a type of African Jackal (Dhole) have a relationship where a lone jackal will trail a tiger, eating the large cat’s kills. The dhol will also warn nearby dhols of the tiger’s presence, in exchange for also alerting tigers to nearby kills. Tigers have trained hunting dogs.
r1MW TIL there is a Magic the Gathering Musical