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TIL The Titanic Was Found During a Secret Cold War Navy Mission
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TIL that by the original definition, highly developed countries such as Switzerland and Sweden were seen as “Third World countries”
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TIL Canada has a little-known, “world class,” elite special ops force called Joint Task Force 2, which was the only foreign unit accepted to join top-tier U.S. special operations units in Afghanistan
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TIL that undefeated heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano came very close to losing by decision to Jersey Joe Walcott in 1952. Marciano had been trailing behind Walcott, when he managed a KO in the opening of the 13th Round.
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TIL Keanu Reeves was offered the lead role in The Matrix after 5 leading actors in 1990s turned it down.
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TIL that Boeing plane models are always 7X7 not because of the Lucky number 7 but because the 700 division was in charge of transport aircraft after WWII. They started with 707 and kept the pattern from there.