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TIL There has only been one underwater submarine vs submarine battle, ever.

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EgPVp TIL that the Slurpee was invented by accident when a Dairy Queen owner would provide frozen soda, from a cooler, to customers when his soda fountain would break down. The owner, Omar Knedlik, improvised the Icee machine out of car parts, which was eventually licensed by 7-11, to become the Slurpee.
9O5B TIL a single Black Mamba snake killed 9 African villagers in a hut in an evening–the next morning locals found a hungry baby, 9 bodies, and a very defensive snake.
WkKYL TIL - In 2014, Stephen Collins, the actor who played Eric Camden on 7th Heaven TV Show as well as Commander Decker on Star Trek the Motion Picture, confessed to diddling children and then moved to Iowa to live in seclusion.
dldr TIL 30% of the air pollution in California is from Asia
l7V4a TIL among the oldest sports officials in history is 83-year-old John Leiser, who was recognized in 2023 by the Minnesota State High School Association for his 60th season refereeing football. Leiser was about to start his 63rd year officiating basketball.