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TIL that echolalia is the involuntary urge to imitate what someone else just said, the exact same way they just said it.

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b9GON TIL about the White Ship disaster that killed 300 people including the heir to the English throne, and sent England into a succession crisis
wERM TIL Aircraft black boxes are designed to be able to withstand the pressure of being a mile underwater for up to 30 days. In the case of the Airbus box on Air France 447 it spent over 2 ½ years at over 3 miles deep and was still able to determine the cause of the accident.
xVjvB TIL Avedis Zildjian Company is an American-based cymbal manufacturer founded in Turkey in 1623. It is one of the oldest companies in the world, the second oldest continuously operating company in the United States, and the largest cymbal manufacturer in the world
ebZL TIL some cargo ships use parachutes to burn less fuel.
XrYQ TIL two Nazi submarines declined to surrender when Berlin fell and instead submerged for two months before landing in Argentina. One is said to have offloaded a Nazi officer before being detected.