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TIL: There is a submarine test facility in Idaho - History of the Navy test facility in Bayview, Idaho

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Ox97 TIL In 2014, a rural Iraqi clock maker went to sleep, woke up, and watched a “nice Egyptian film” before realizing he was the last resident remaining after his town had been seized by ISIS. He convinced them he was not a soldier, showed them the Mosque’s light switch, and went back to his house.
GY1WJ TIL Ed Sheeran’s childhood friend was struggling financially and asked him to put one of her songs on his then-nearly completed album “X”. Instead they wrote “Thinking Out Loud” together which was released as a single and hit #1. She’ll never have to worry about money again.
yRKp TIL - After Edison died Nikola Tesla wrote a negative obituary in the NYT - made fun of his hygiene and work ethic
BZed TIL, When a pregnant woman suffers organ damage (such as a heart attack), the fetus sends stem cells to the damaged organ to help repair it.
XEJPD TIL that a Nielsens study found that the average hour of television in 2014 had close to 15 minutes and 30 seconds of commercials