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TIL that Samoa skipped a Friday

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OGPg6 TIL that after the USS Thresher submarine sank & imploded in 1963 due to construction and engineering oversights, an admiral remarked: "...it is important that we re-evaluate our present practices where, in the desire to make advancements, we may have forsaken the fundamentals of good engineering."
b9y50 TIL that Germany has spent $7 Billion on an airport near Berlin that has not had a single flight or passenger.
PYEJO TIL LL Cool J was asked to be in a Gap commercial, but was mad at how they treated him on the phone when they asked. He starred in the commercial wearing a FUBU hat and rapping “For Us By Us” in the ad, giving FUBU over 30 million dollars in free advertising and propelling FUBU to a global brand.
Xj7X TIL the phrase ‘all the way to the bank’ was popularized by Liberace. When a journalist implied Liberace was gay, he sent him a telegram saying “What you said hurt me very much. I cried all the way to the bank.” It became his catchphrase after repeating it to reporters while suing the newspaper.
4Xd1X TIL Analysis of the world's most popular bottled water brands found that 90% of bottled water contains microplastics (tiny pieces of plastic)