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TIL in 2007, Russia used a mini-submarine to plant the country's flag on the floor of the Arctic Ocean in an attempt to claim the region and its natural resources, a move that was rejected by the U.N.

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Z8404 TIL that the people behind the Thomas the Tank Engine TV series also created a similar but short-lived show titled 'TUGS', featuring tugboats and other watercraft. The show first aired in 1989 and only had 13 episodes in total.
Vwa4 TIL that female bedbugs don’t have vaginas and that male bedbugs have to make one with a razor-like penis to breed
OoLn7 TIL that efforts to prevent suicides off the Mapo Bridge in Seoul, which included LED lighting, statues, and inspirational messages backfired dramatically, and suicides actually more than quadrupled.
woLoE TIL Christopher Columbus never made it to (what would later become) the United States of America.
gmBD TIL William Banning (father of a soldier who was killed in the Korean war) sent his son’s purple heart, and an angry letter to Harry Truman, blaming him for his son’s death. Both items were found in Truman’s desk after he died 20 years later.