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TIL that 3 sailors who died in Pearl Harbor have incorrect dates written on their gravestones. They were trapped underwater in the West Virginia battleship for 16 days after the bombing; it was largely kept a secret and most of their family members died without ever knowing the truth.

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oBenR TIL Peanut allergies are caused partly by lack of exposure to peanut products in infancy.
Med5B TIL in 1848, Phineas Gage had an accident where a 43inch iron rod pierced through his cheek and came out of his skull. He survived mostly unscathed but he became a completely different person, going from a hardworking, pleasant man to a surly, aggressive alcoholic who was unable to hold down a job.
we9E TIL that there is a sport called Extreme Ironing, in which people take ironing boards to remote locations and iron items of clothing.
Lkpmm TIL about the Florida fairy shrimp, which was discovered in 1952 to be a unique species of fairy shrimp specific to a single pond in Gainesville, Florida. When researchers returned to that pond in 2011, they realized it had been filled in for development, thereby causing the species to go extinct.
5Ybm8 TIL a piece of paper CAN be folded more than 8 times. The world record is 12, for a piece of paper 4000' long.