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TIL about the H. L. Hunley, a submarine built in 1863 that belonged to the Confederate States of America.

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Jonj TIL when Nicolas Cage was sleeping at his home, he was awoken by a presence. Cage awoke to find a naked man before his eyes, eating a fudgesicle and wearing his jacket. “It sounds funny” Cage said, “but it was horrifying”. Cage used “Verbal Judo” to get the man to leave. Cage now lives on an island.
Z889Q TIL in 2013, Lufthansa offered to their Swedish customers the chance to live rent free in Berlin for a year if they legally changed their name to "Klaus Heidi". 42 Swedes did.
O78Y TIL that, hours before his death, Einstein was still attempting to prove his Theory of Everything.
6EPW7 TIL of Salty and Roselle, two separate guide dogs who were in the World Trade Centre during 9/11. They were on the 71st and 78th floor of Tower 1 respectively. They each led their owners safely out of the burning tower amidst the chaos, and both owners and dogs survived.
86ma TIL: [Will] “Smith’s wages were garnished 70 percent during the first three seasons [of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air] to pay his back taxes.”