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TIL of Lon Horiuchi - the FBI officer who fatally shot Vicki Weaver at Ruby Ridge & was also accused of firing into the burning building during the siege of Waco

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9Y1Z7 TIL not all gum trees are Eucalyptus trees
XNWD TIL in 2016 when the UK voted on Boaty McBoatface as the name for a research vessel, almost 7000 people voted for a different name: “RRS I Like Big Boats & I Cannot Lie”.
ByAr TIL: Duct tape should never be used for taping ducts
9wQDm TIL the Japanese turned the third of their superbattleships (after Yamato and Musashi) into the largest aircraft carrier ever built at the time. After four years of construction and enormous cost, she left the shipyard and was immediately sunk by a submarine.
Z8k4Q TIL that everyone senses smell differently