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TIL in 1978, the USS Stein was found to have been attacked by a squid. The ship’s hull suffered cuts over 8% of its surface. From one particularly complete imprint they discovered that the squid was significantly larger than any species of squid that had been discovered at the time.

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akk0 TIL an early version of Picasso’s The Weeping Woman was stolen from the National Gallery of Victoria with the ransom demand being an increase in funding to the arts. The painting was later found undamaged in a locker at a Melbourne train station and the theft remains unsolved today.
9w8nD TIL about Villa Las Estrellas, a Chilean town in Antarctica which requires all residents to have their appendix removed
DxDe TIL that during the Vietnam War, the Viet Cong hid IEDs in empty soda cans because they observed that U.S. soldiers enjoyed kicking empty cans while marching down the road.
rvWM TIL There is a pagoda built in 1049 from the Chinese Song dynasty and it has experienced 38 earthquakes, six floods and many other disasters, but it remains intact after almost 1000 years
Z8EYa TIL The Swiss Air Force didn't respond to a hijacked airliner in their air space as it was outside normal office hours. A spokesman stated: "Switzerland cannot intervene because its airbases are closed at night and on the weekend"