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TIL of the Battle of May Island, a series of accidental collisions during WWI among Royal Navy vessels that resulted in 2 destroyed submarines, 3 damaged subs, 1 damaged cruiser, and 105 total deaths. No enemy forces were present.

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dD7nK TIL that british climber Alan Hinkes had to be air rescued from Nanga Parbat in 1997 when flour from a burnt chapati (a type of flatbread) got up his nose, making him sneeze so violently that he prolapsed a disc. He waited 10 days in agony before being rescued and is since known as the "chapati man"
R7nZl TIL Tami Erin, former 'Pippi Longstocking' star, released a sex tape in 2013.
1JOV TIL that there was a German spy sent into Canada during WW2, but he decided to use his funds to move to Ottawa and then surrendered to Canadian authorities - who let him go because he didn’t do any damage or even spying
PYxwO TIL In Okinawa, Japan, a place where the average life expectancy for women is around 90, the oldest in the world, people form a kind of social network called a moai — a group of five friends who offer social, logistic, emotional and even financial support for a lifetime.
oBl5r TIL the 80s Disney Channel film "Not Quite Human" was based on a YA novel series which has 6 books.