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TIL of the Narco-Submarine, a partially and/or fully submersible craft used by cartels to smuggle drugs while avoiding radar and sonar

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0dwkv TIL different colors of wax used for sealing letters represent the contents of the letter.
Aryn TIL French Queen Marie Antoinette had a fully functioning peasant village built on the grounds of Versailles. She loved strolling the village in simple shepherdess garb pretending to live a simple life milking cows or sheep, which were carefully maintained and cleaned by the servants.
a8dPJ TIL Crescent Wrench is a brand that was genericized to a category of wrenches
awAoN TIL hedgehogs can suffer from a rare disease called "balloon syndrome," which causes them to inflate like a beach ball.
JY0Qv TIL that the United States coexisted with the Holy Roman Empire for thirty years until its dissolution in 1806.