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TIL there have been only 2 fully intact Colossal Squid specimens that have been caught (in a condition good enough to study) and both Squids were found by the same man - John Bennett.

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bJVp TIL, On August 4th, 1985 at the intersection of I-40 and U.S.69, a car and semitrailer carrying military bombs collided. The results were a series of explosions that lead to the deaths of 47 people and the evacuation of 6000 residents of Checotah, OK.
wP6o TIL During the chaos of the African campaign in WWII Axis General Rommel found himself visiting an Allied controlled field hospital. He inquired if supplies were needed and promised to help. Later he delivered the supplies he had promised.
ADw0w TIL that cinnamon is harvested through inner bark from Cinnamomum verum trees.
xWKk TIL Ben Stein graduated valedictorian from Yale law school
Y11r TIL When Walter Washington, the first mayor of Washington D.C. and first African-American mayor of major US city, sent his proposed budget to congress, Democratic Representative John L. McMillan sent a truckload of watermelons to his office in response.