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TIL I learned that a handicapped woman invented an underwater wheelchair in 2012 as an art project and it works so well that able-bodied divers have trouble keeping up.

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RMra TIL the Battle of Vimy Ridge was the first time when all four divisions of Canada’s army fought together. They had captured more ground, more prisoners and more guns than any previous Allied offensive in the two and a half years of war up to that point. Today is the 96th anniversary of the assault.
V0p TIL comedian Tom Naughton made a documentary in response to “Super Size Me” to basically debunk everything Morgan Spurlock showed in his movie.
D1Mpv TIL: Computer programmer hired woman to slap him in the face every time he used Facebook, resulting in massive productivity increase.
mxZBE TIL there is an island called Disappointment Island. It's uninhabited, but home to over 65,000 pairs of white-capped albatross. In 1868, a steel tanker crashed there and 68 people died, while the remaining 15 waited 18 months to be rescued. In 1907, another ship crashed there and 12 men drowned.
8eXkK TIL that Tex-Mex has surpassed Italian as the most popular food genre in the United States