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TIL the actor who played Ferris Beuller accidentally killed 2 Irish women with the girl from Dirty Dancing

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a8YEM TIL of 1996 Gangneung submarine infiltration incident, where a failed attempt by North Korean forces to extract a recon team by submarine led to a 49 day manhunt across the city of Gangneung, with some of the 39 man crew believed to have succeeded in returning to North Korea.
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ADp1l TIL that in 1887 a group of men added Susanna M. Salter to the mayoral ballot of Argonia, Kansas, as a prank to discourage women from running for office. She then won by a 2/3 majority and became America's first female mayor.