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TIL Lt James Launders is the only submarine commander in history to have engaged and destroyed an enemy submarine during time of war using only his own un-aided vessel while both ships were fully submerged

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loVxN TIL about Bill Bradley, an NBA all-star who won two championships with the New York Knicks (1979, 1973), only to become a New Jersey Senator from 1979-1997
nXjo TIL that if you fall in a pool of lava, you will not sink into it. the density of lava is three times greater than a human body and between a hundred thousand to a million times more viscous than water
RE8a TIL that Universal’s highest grossing production is actually the Broadway musical Wicked, which outgrossed even Jurassic World.
vPvD4 TIL a civilian sued the U.S. government after he was kidnapped, beaten, and tortured for 28 hours as part of a military exercise
gbMb TIL: A former President of the University of Chicago said that colleges and universities would “find themselves converted into educational hobo jungles” if Congress made it easier for war veterans to attend those institutions.