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TIL: The US Navy diving manual has detailed instructions for escaping a giant clam.

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E99X TIL that Kim Jung Il wanted to make his father a quilt from the softest material in the world so he, with the help of the North Korean populace, killed 700,000 sparrows for their neck feathers.
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7rrwx TIL Aerosmith's Steven Tyler got a family to assign their 14 yo daughter to his care. She got pregnant by him and had an abortion. He then gave her back to her parents when she was 17.
yVJGV TIL that Mel Carnahan was the first person to be elected to the United States Senate posthumously.
dVAE TIL Bhopal gas disaster was the worst industrial disaster ever killing close to 4000 people. The incident happened when poison gas escaped from a Union Carbide factory due to negligence. The American CEO of the company was arrested, let out on $2100 bail and never came back to India to face charges.