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TIL President Harry S. Truman appointed the first woman Treasurer in 1949 and since then, every subsequent Treasurer has been a woman

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16QAV TIL The Triangle of Death in Italy is one of the most toxic sites in the world. This area contains the largest illegal waste dump in Europe due to a waste management crisis in the 1990s and 2000s, and surrounding residents have already experienced a significant increase in cancer rates.
grKrL TIL about the Nemi ships, two ancient Roman ships built under the reign of Caligula and discovered in 1929. The larger ship was an elaborate floating palace containing marble, heating and plumbing, and baths. They were both destroyed during WW2.
QN8yL TIL in 1761 after a shipwreck, 60 slaves were abandoned on an island with the promise of being rescued. They were later forgotten. 15 years later they managed to rescue the remaining survivors: 7 women and an 8 month old baby. They managed to keep a fire burning for 15 years.
loD6A TIL that because the UK Royal Navy's Astute class nuclear powered submarines can purify their own air and water and run on nuclear fuel, that the endurance is only limited to 90 days due to breakfast storage capacity for 18,000 sausages and 4200 Weetabix
ZYVv TIL Nicolas Cage bought a house in New Orleans in which a serial killer tortured and murdered a few dozen people