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TIL today is the 70th anniversary of the discovery of LSD

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OoJ1 TIL a Polar bear attacked a US Submarine when it broke through sea ice in 2003
yQyN8 TIL the key difference between a ship and a boat is a ship can carry a boat, but a boat cannot carry a ship
VB1Am TIL that in 1984, the Japanese Army Veterans Association, in an attempt to refute wartime atrocities, interviewed former WWII soldiers. Instead of denial, the soldiers freely admitted and described atrocities committed, resulting in the association publishing an apology the following year.
J19oB TIL that Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher of Prussia, instrumental in the defeat of Napoleon, was at one point so delusional that he thought a Frenchman had impregnated him with an elephant.
kJ0Vd TIL the Normandy beach names of Utah & Omaha were selected at random, when a general asked two NCOs where they were from. The British & Canadian names were abbreviations for certain fish: goldfish, swordfish & jellyfish. Jelly was changed to Juno in honour of the wife of one of the officers