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TIL I learned about the 1881 Fenian Ram, the world's first practical submarine

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XBK8 TIL that when the Super Bowl and the Presidential Inauguration conflicted, the President did the coin toss ceremony for the Super Bowl and had his public inauguration the next day.
W598 TIL, Theodore Roosevelt referred to Thomas Paine, who came up with the terms “United States of America,” as a “filthy little atheist.”
XE7pR TIL South Korean women have gained 8 inches (20 cm) in height, on average, in the past century — a jump bigger than any other population in the world
69vNZ TIL Diesel cars can run on Jet Fuel (Kerosene)
NXwZE TIL about “E-Squadron” or “The Increment”. Which is perhaps the most elite and secretive special forces group in the U.K.- maybe even better than the SAS.