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TIL Woody Harrelsons Father was a contract Killer
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TIL - After the USS White Sands was decommissioned in 1974, a company then bought it and had to move the ship with an 81' beam through the 80'-wide Ballard Locks. It was done by weighing down one side of the ship and then transiting the locks while tilted 38 degrees, at high tide.
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TIL German U-Boat 1206 was 8 days into its 1st tour when the Commander had a problem working the new type of toilet. The engineer called to help opened a wrong valve, flooding the battery compartment, causing release of Chlorine gas. Forced to surface, they were quickly spotted & captured by Allies.
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TIL In Japan, letting a sumo wrestler make your baby cry is considered good luck.
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TIL Douglas Adams is one of only two people outside the original Monty Python members to get a writing credit on their BBC series. He co-wrote a sketch called “Patient Abuse” during the fourth and final season.
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TIL Roald Dahl, author of “James and the Giant Peach” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, wrote the screenplay for the James Bond movie, “You Only Live Twice”.