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TIL the longest range gunnery hit in naval combat is 26,000 yards, shared between HMS Warspite against Giulio Cesare in July 1940 and Scharnhorst against HMS Glorious a month before.

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Me55b TIL that in Japanese baseball there is a tradition that when a great pitcher is retiring, their final opposing batters will strike out on purpose. The video is hilarious in its obviousness and truly touching as a show of respect for the player (Takashi Saito) and his career.
PYwxJ TIL Jackie Chan is extremely unpopular in his native Hong Kong due to his antidemocratic stance and outspoken support for China’s ruling Communist Party
oOJR TIL Siri was supposed to be for Android and BlackBerry phones before Siri, Inc. was bought by Apple back in April of 2010
MQAB TIL that Loch Ness is so long, wide and deep that it could hold the entire population of the world 10 times over
Brmpe TIL According to the U.S. Census, as of 2018, there are 6 PR people for every journalist. Much of the change is attributed the 45% loss of newspaper employees from 2008 to 2017. Additionally the current median income of PR professions is $61,150 in comparison to journalists $46,270.