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TIL that solid iron cannonballs kept underwater for a long time can explode once they reach the surface- [gas bubbles are trapped underwater at enormous pressure- once at surface, pressure is no longer equalized from within and without- ergo explosion potential]

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R7498 TIL the oldest living Alligator, "Muja" in the Belgrade Zoo, not only survived WW2 (where the Belgrade zoo was almost totally destroyed) but also the 1999 NATO bombings during the war in Serbia, 54 years later. He is estimated to be at least 80 years old. But there are no records of his DOB.
7reNr TIL Geraldo Rivera was traveling with the 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army in Iraq as a war correspondent for Fox News and ended up drawing a map in the sand during a live broadcast pinpointing his exact location and revealing the time and details of an upcoming military operation
Z8X94 TIL Quinten Tarrentino at 16, lied about his age to get a job as an usher at the adult movie Theatre in Torrance, California stating however “I hated porno movies...it was the most ironic situation: I finally got a job at a movie theatre and it’s a place where I don’t want to watch the movies.”
lop7A TIL Scientists have found that people who abstain from alcohol are also more likely to lack social skills, have higher levels of anxiety and have more mental health issues than those considered heavy drinkers.
vAJB TIL in 1888, U.S. President Hayes wrote in his diary: “This is a government of the people, by the people, and for the people no longer. It is a government of corporations, by corporations, and for corporations.”