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TIL Kamikazes were the most effective anti-ship weapon in history: 100% of the ships attacked by at least two kamikazes were forced to go for repairs

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QJAZk TIL in 1943, a Japanese destroyer sank an American ship with JFK on board. While everyone assumed the entire crew died, 11 survived and swam to a nearby island. JFK carved a distress note on a coconut shell, and they were rescued.
RDg8 TIL In 1915, a woman was late to her sister’s funeral. When she arrived, she demanded that her sister be exhumed so that she can see her one last time. Upon opening the coffin, the “dead” woman sat up and smiled. Mayhem ensued.
BrXWx TIL Humans have a stronger bite than the common snapping turtle
QJMJk TIL Calvin Klein Obsession for Men is used to lure jaguars into camera traps. The cologne contains civetone and vanilla extract, in which the civetone resembles a territorial marking and the vanilla extract sets off a curiosity response.
EgJMp TIL about Susie Baker King Taylor, a nurse in the Civil War for the Union army, a teacher and an author. The only black woman from the south from that era, to publish her memoirs.