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TIL that the oldest letter in a bottle is 132 years old and was thrown by German sailing barque Paula as part of a long-term German oceanographic experiment

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ZJ7G TIL Soviet Union had a space station armed with a 23mm autocannon
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jGYX TIL actor/U.S. Marine R. Lee Ermey was initially hired only as a technical advisor for Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket. Kubrick changed his mind after seeing an instructional video Ermey put together.
mQR TIL That American soldiers in WW2 used the challenge “flash”, “thunder”, “welcome” because Germans could not pronounce the “th” or “w” sound appropriately
WWDX TIL the word Britain is derived from Pretain meaning “painted” - originally because the Britons had tatoos.