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TIL That the USA Almost Fell Apart During the Interlude Between the End of the Revolutionary War and the Beginning of George Washington’s Presidency

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mx6Qy TIL of the Chinese submarine Changcheng 361. After disappearing while submerged, she was later found when fishermen spotted a periscope above the surface. An engine failure had suffocated the entire crew; the ghost submarine had spent ten days drifting aimlessly below the waves.
ANaR7 TIL Sheep are like turtles in that they get stuck on their backs and can't get back up.
aPb0 TIL Gandalf carried another lesser ring of power while Frodo sought to destroy the One Ring in “The Lord of the Rings”
EgD6V TIL DreamWorks hired 120 former NASA scientists to help them develop technology for films such as “Home,” “Rise of the Guardians,” “Kung Fu Panda 2,” and “How To Train Your Dragon 2.”
neMjY TIL that the world literacy rate went from 76% to 86% since 1985.