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TIL that a duck’s wake always creates an angle of 38.9 degrees no matter how fast the duck is going

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EGZV TIL that from the 1860s to the mid 1970s many US cities had ‘Ugly Laws’ making it illegal for people with visible disabilities to appear in public
yLye TIL Vin Diesel got his first acting role when he was 7. He and some friends broke into a New York theater to vandalize it. The theater’s artistic director confronted them, and instead of calling the police, handed them scripts and offered them parts in the upcoming show.
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BNae TIL that there is a large body of evidence that suggests that the attack on Pearl Harbor could have easily been avoided if the president had released vital information to the public and Navy commanders.
d6gB TIL of Bluenose, a schooner from Nova Scotia built in 1921 that was undefeated in races for 17 consecutive years. At the same time she worked as a general fishing craft and at least once won competitions for largest catches of the season and similar awards.