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TIL North Korean “Ghost Ships” keep washing up on Japanese shores full of corpses.

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a8YRL TIL The Kamikaze attacks during the Battle of Okinawa were so intense Admiral Spruance had to transfer flagships twice. First from USS Indianapolis to USS New Mexico, and then to USS New Jersey.
15ZX TIL 95% of the ocean is unexplored.
v1QNR TIL March 26, 2020, had the lowest movie theater ticket sales in history, at a total of $24 (as opposed to 2019, with $17,294,351 in sales)
9YRMQ TIL The galaxy we live in is totally bent out of shape.
dOrj TIL that the acoustic era (1877 to 1925) gave rise to the expression “put a sock in it”, which commemorates the common practice of placing a sock in the horn of the phonograph to muffle the sound for quieter listening.