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TIL There is 'Windows for submarines™', and it's still being used

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x67go TIL that in Aberfan Scotland on October 21 1966, an avalanche of coal waste rolled down a mountain and demolished an elementary school and town. Of the 144 people killed, 116 were children between 7-10 years old.
pYA0Z TIL that the flap of skin under your elbow is called the wenis
Eglgo TIL that no hurricane/tropical cyclone has ever crossed the equator
kOYYE TIL that Annie Oakley was such a great shooter that she could repeatedly split a playing card, edge-on, and put several more holes in it before it could touch the ground, while using a .22 caliber rifle, at 90 feet.
mblE TIL that the motto of the British Royal Family, “Dieu et mon droit”, refers to their claim that they have a divine right to rule the country of France.