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TIL the DSV Alvin is a ship of Theseus, with every component having been replaced over the last 58 years of service. It has been used to explore hydrothermal vents, the Titanic, and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. One time a swordfish attacked it. The fish was later cooked and eaten.

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nW9Y TIL during Hurricane Katrina, police officers responding to reports of gunfire opened fire on an unarmed group killing one person immediately. Two brothers tried to run but were pursued and one, who was developmentally disabled, was gunned down with a shotgun.
XE7Xk TIL The ancient Kingdom of Benin (Edo State, Nigeria) has the largest man-made structure, considered as the largest single archaeological phenomenon on earth. Four times longer than the Great Wall of China, and consumed a hundred times more material than the Great Pyramid of Giza.
aDOJ TIL Craig Bartlett, the creator of Hey Arnold!, said himself that he would make the final movie to officially end his series given that he is gets proof people will watch it. There is currently an online petition close to its goal of 15,000 signatures that could make the movie, reality.
5YV0k TIL that Lauryn Hill fired her management and dropped out of the public eye in 2000 because she felt too compromised for the sake of the machine and uncomfortable for smiling at someone's face even when she did not like them.
grlvL TIL about the South Korean arcade game Boong-Ga Boong-Ga. The object of the game is to score points by spanking or performing kancho, poke the anus, on a model of a human posterior embedded in the game's cabinet. A plastic finger is attached to the machine for players to perform the latter