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TIL that HMS Erebus, part of Franklin expedition lost for nearly 170 years was found near the island called in Inuit language “The big boat sank here” (14:30 in podcast)

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KOy7a TIL Gerbils are illegal as pets in California due to its climate being so similar to the gerbil's natural desert habitat that state officials are concerned that gerbils who escape or are released into the wild could establish feral colonies
YaPr TIL 20 year old Ryan Holle was sentenced to life without parole for lending his car to a friend, who then murdered an 18 year old girl.
b9Nya TIL collie dog Rob Roy was President Coolidge's favorite among a menagerie of pets that included dogs, birds, cats, and raccoons. According to Harry Truman, Coolidge ordered Senator Morris Sheppard to surrender his sausage to Rob Roy, whilst they were having breakfast.
WVpo TIL that during WWII, the Russians used a biplane on the Eastern Front that was so slow, German planes could not actually target it without potentially stalling.
rRpOM TIL of Corazon Aquino, the wife of a staunch political opponent against the dictator of the Philippines. Upon the assassination of her husband by the dictator, she ran for president against him, winning and restoring democracy to the Philippines.