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TIL, that the British Navy would use Britney Spears song to scare off Somali Pirates

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j6AgR TIL abot the The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, nicknamed the "Six Triple Eight", a predominantly black battalion of the Women's Army Corps (WAC).
PK9L TIL only three humans have ever died outside of the Earth’s atmosphere. All three from the same mission.
bB89 TIL that during Thirty Years War the Swedish refined waterboarding by using urine and shit
OGYpY TIL that the producers of the Sopranos were sued in 2001 by the "American Italian Defense Association" for allegedly violating the Illinois Constitution’s guarantee of individual dignity
4WxX TIL John Lennon’s lost guitar was bought in a music shop in the late 60s. Forty years later, the owner discovered it belonged to Lennon after reading a magazine article, and then the guitar sold for $2.4 million in 2015.