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TIL that France has a nuclear submarine, called “The Terrible” that roams the world at unknown oceans always ready to strike

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XEnnj TIL that Jack Kevorkian, a major proponent of euthanasia who assisted in the medically-induced deaths of up to 130 people released a full-length Jazz album in which he played the flute.
J1758 TIL Reese Witherspoon is a direct descendant of John Witherspoon, one of the 56 signers of the United States Declaration of Independence.
VBEAB TIL Imanita Parrish Shelley, a Titanic Survivor who presented an affidavit with everything she could complain about while on board, including the way in which she was put into safety during the sinking.
PaPn TIL the native americans planted corn, beans, and squash together so that they would benefit eachother. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil that the other plants utilize, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds
yJO8 TIL while filming Dumb and Dumber, Jim Carrey stayed in the Stanley Hotel (where The Shining was filmed) for a night and requested to be in room 237. About three hours after he went to sleep, he came running out of the room and left the hotel. To this day, he hasn’t told anybody why.