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TIL : An Indian sub required 10 months of repair because someone left a hatch open.

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kO8DW TIL that during the Great Depression, companies would print colorful patterns onto flour sacks so that women can make dresses out of them
5BMn TIL the US military once considered building a “gay bomb,” with an aphrodisiac chemical that would provoke widespread homosexual behavior among troops, causing what the military called a “distasteful but completely non-lethal” blow to morale.
v1w9K TIL Happy hour is illegal in Ireland
4X1jo TIL The real Captain Morgan was an infamous mercenary and privateer, who rose to become a duly appointed governor and was treated like a hero by the British.
jNZ1M TIL there is a temple in India where approximately 25,000 black rats live and are revered.Eating the food that has been nibbled on by the rats is considered to be a 'high honor' and few white rats among the black rats are considered especially holy.