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TIL that the USS Bowfin is the only submarine ever to sink a bus with a torpedo.

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wLb41 TIL a Japanese anime version of Starship Troopers was released in 1988, before the 1997 film
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b9wR0 TIL John Corcoran graduated from highschool and college at a reading level of 2nd grade. In spite of this, he taught high school for 17 years and did real estate for 10 years without getting caught. At 48, he received tutoring from a volunteer literacy program, and became a literacy advocate.