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TIL the HMS Conqueror is to date the only nuclear-powered submarine to engage and sink an enemy ship (in 1982 Falklands War).

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ANAgo TIL one possible origin to the idiom, "shake a leg", meaning to 'get going' or 'hurry it up' came after battles during the Civil War. Stretcher-bearers would violently jostle a leg or arm to elicit a response from victims on the field to determine if he were alive or dead.
VM4vD TIL that some areas of Spain have their clocks 3 hours ahead of the sun's position due to a combination of Daylight Saving Time and Francisco Franco changing their time zone to match Nazi Germany's.
DQaZV TIL the US Army released a series of FPS video games, on multiple mainstream gaming platforms, in an effort to recruit prospective soldiers
e0EKn TIL of 3,500 mosquito species a few hundred bite humans. The larvae are food for other larvae and for beneficial insects, put nutrients into many ecosystems, are food for fish, help break down debris in waterways, and pollinate plants. But scientists think ecosystems will adjust if we eliminate them
awNQ0 TIL that for the last 100 years, Minnesota's been refusing requests from Virginia to return a captured Confederate Battle flag; in 2000 Gov. Jesse Ventura responded “Why? We won. ... We took it. That makes it our heritage.”