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TIL in 1856 an American clipper was approaching Cape Horn when its captain collapsed, leaving his 19-year-old wife to navigate through one of the world's deadliest sea passages. She commanded for 56 days, faced down a mutiny, and navigated the clipper ship into San Francisco

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x6Ex1 TIL that the final Jackson 5 tour was such a financial disaster for the concert promoter that he was forced to sell the New England Patriots to cover the costs
xVQE1 TIL Operation Rimon 20, on July 30, 1970, the Israel Air Force (IAF) drew the Soviet expeditionary force in Egypt into a perfectly planned and executed ambush, shooting down five MiG-21 fighters with no losses for the Israeli Mirage-IIIs and Phantom F-4s.
4lD6 TIL that Tul Bahadur Pun was a Gurkha who won the Victoria Cross, Britain’s highest award for Valor in combat in WWII, and was denied a visa to live there because he ‘failed to demonstrate strong ties to the UK.’
4XGYo TIL that onions, garlic, and other alliums are toxic, and even deadly to dogs, especially in powdered form, with as little as .5% body weight consumption required to reach toxicity.
QNPdX TIL how trash is disposed of in modern large submarines. Trash is deposited into a Trash Disposal Unit (TDU) which collects and compacts it into a galvanized steel can. A ball valve is opened allowing the scrap iron-weighted can to fall down to the sea floor.