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TIL Sgt. Joe Friday never actually said ''Just the facts, ma'am'' on Dragnet

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Wx4X TIL Swedish Navy detected underwater sounds suspected to be hostile Russian submarines in the 80s. The suspicion escalated to a diplomatic conflict between Sweden and Russia. It turned out later that these sounds came from fish farts, a discovery which led to the Ig Nobel Prize.
W7d74 TIL that Hollywood Star Clark Gable enlisted as an aerial gunner during WWII, flew on several combat missions, and was nearly killed in one. Hitler, a fan of Gable, offered a substantial reward for anyone who could shoot down and capture him alive.
e6xJ TIL the original doughnuts from Dunkin’ Donuts had a handle
X0Vkr TIL that, among many other things, Air Force General Curtis LeMay is credited as being one of the two people that are responsible for Judo surviving World War II. Martial Arts training was banned for the populace during the Occupation of Japan, but LeMay instituted it into USAF training regimen.
Z8GaQ TIL that the beautiful symmetry of a total solar eclipse happens because —by pure chance— the sun is 400 times larger than the moon, but is also 400 times farther from Earth, making the two bodies appear the exact same size in the sky.