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TIL when asked about South Park ending, Trey Parker said “We’ve been waiting to get canceled for 18 fucking years.”

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b9oop TIL that not all torpedoes are designed to pierce hulls then explode, some detonate below the target ship without making contact. This creates a gas bubble that causes the ship to be thrust out of the water then dropped back into the resulting void, often breaking the vessel in half and sinking it.
OGJJ4 TIL Genghis Khan, sent his small armies against larger ones & used the rest of his forces to terrorize the unprotected civilian population centers.He forced captives to kill their own&hid behind them while advancing,confusing enemies.A master of mobility&depth thus avoiding costly set piece battles.
oBR4W TIL That Bill Gates (Net Worth $90B) has donated roughly $50 Billion Dollars in his lifetime. And plans to give away most of his money to charity after death.
W7v7Y TIL Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa designed Kazakhstan's new capital city of Astana with enormous pavilion space, hotels, and art venues. Even though the city has glitzy architecture and skyscrapers, the average resident only makes $450 a month
N7vpE TIL That despite the fact that mud dauber wasps are non-aggressive and rarely sting, they have killed at least 210 people since 1980 via plane crashes