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TIL that in 2013, police in Sayre, OK were testing new sonar equipment in Foss Lake. They found two submerged cars containing 3 bodies each that had been missing since 1969 & 1970. Police later concluded all were accidental drownings w/ no foul play.

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loj1B TIL the most common foreign languages for a US President to speak have been Latin (14) and Greek (9).
loJXG TIL that actor Ed Helms who plays Stu in the Hangover movies, had a tooth implant from when he was 15, which he removed while shooting for the first Hangover where his character has a tooth missing for most of the film.
9YXeB TIL The present urban population is larger than the total population of the world when Richard Nixon was inaugurated as president of the United States of America
oByko TIL the panda ant (Euspinolia militaris), so-called because of its black and white alternating coloration, is actually a species of wasp found in the forests of Chile and Argentina. They are known to deliver a very painful sting when they attack. Females are wingless and males have wings.
4kkkR TIL about wordnesia, when familiar words suddenly seem like the strangest things. It occurs when you can’t spell the simplest words or words look strange after you write them.