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TIL that prawn and shrimp are not the same animal - they're not even closely related. They are in two different sub-orders of decapoda. As an example of what that means, cats and dogs are in different sub-orders of carnivora.

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pjpb TIL of the steamship Eastland, which, in 1915, capsized while still tied to the dock in Chicago. New safety laws which rushed through Congress after the Titanic sinking mandated so much safety gear installed that the ship was top heavy and rolled over, killing 844 people.
jr0Q TIL that in or about May of 2013, two Filipino women escaped from a Saudi diplomatic compound in Virginia, alleging enslavement. The compound is owned by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Armed Forces Office and enjoys diplomatic immunity.
kOArE TIL the Cherokee Nation is Entitled to a Congressional Delegate in the US House of Representatives
8eaAL TIL of the Mayerling Incident where Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, & his mistress, Mary Vetsera were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in the woods on January 30th, 1889. This destabilisation led to successive developments like the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
6EGZl TIL the Israeli forces built the Bar Lev Line on the Suez Canal, costing $300 million and was expected to be a “graveyard for Egyptian troops”, as it would take at least 24-48 hours to be breached. On 6 October 1973, armed with a few 100 water cannons, the Egyptians breached it in less than 2 hours.