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TIL: While once considered a Sailor's myth, Rogue waves are monster waves that form with little warning, on calm ocean, and are capable of destroying even modern ocean liners. They have been recorded by satellites at 98ft high (30 meters) and hit with 140 psi while modern ships withstand 21 psi.

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aMAo TIL that Jermaine Dupri was voted off of the Weakest Link first, despite not being the “weakest link” because the other celebrities he was playing with found out that he set up a fake charity to reap pocket the winnings if he won.
PrWL TIL that although the film ‘Capricorn One’ portrays NASA as corrupt and willing to kill to cover up its faked space mission, the agency cooperated in the movie’s production and provided government equipment as props. Without NASA’s help the film could not have stayed within its budget.
j6PRn TIL Vitamin B12 is very sensitive to acid and would be destroyed by the acid in the stomach, so saliva contains an substance named haptocorrin that has the only purpose to bind to the vitamin to protect it while it passes through the stomach until it can be absorbed in the intestine.
yQLrp TIL that The Hunt for Red October (1990), Patriot Games (1992), and The Sum of All Fears (2002) are all apart of the same film series, the most recent of which was Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) starring Chris Pine.
e0P9g TIL that in a Roman hospital doctors used to hide Jews from Nazi troops by putting them in quarantine for the extremely contagious "K syndrome". The syndrome didn't actually exist, but the soldiers wouldn't dare enter these rooms.