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Today I Learned that the Exxon Valdez disaster led to the creation of Credit Default Swaps, the financial instrument that massively contributed to the Global Financial Crisis.

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VBYWQ TIL In 2010, the Russian Navy ordered the repair of a nuclear battlecruiser at a cost of $11 million dollars. Prosecutors later revealed that the actual cost of this work should have been $8 million and the other $3 million was stolen. As was discovered later, no repair work was carried at all.
RKY7 TIL a German sailor named “Oscar” survived the sinking of the Bismark, switched sides to the allies and survived the Ark Royal and Cossack, floating on a board unharmed but angry. He was a cat.
Z80ND TIL about Janet Airlines. A highly classified airline that shuttles military personnel in and out of Area 51. The name stand for 'Just Another Non-Existent Terminal'
nex1W TIL that California generates so much solar energy that it has to pay other states to take the excess so their power lines don't overload.
PP7e TIL The US Marines found a stockpile of Taliban weapons in 2010 that contained a 1915 Lee-Enfield Bolt Action rifle still being used.