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TIL about USS William D Porter, the unluckiest Ship, accidentally fired a live torpedo towards a ship carrying FDR.

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9wMKM TIL in 1999 the pizza chain Pizza Hut asked 50 U.S. governors to name their favourite books from childhood. The then-governor of Texas, Bush, named The Very Hungry Caterpillar, despite having been of college age at the time of its publication.
xeAo TIL laws mentioned in the bible required farmers to leave parts of their fields unharvested for strangers, a practice that still exists in parts of the world
j0lX TIL of the 3400 years of recorded history, only 268 are considered peaceful.
5Y4KQ TIL that Heath Ledger was developing the novel of 'The Queen's Gambit' as his directorial debut, with Ellen Page set to star before his death in January 2008.
6Ea48 TIL there are “culture-bound syndromes” that are considered to be recognizable diseases only within a specific society or culture. Anorexia is considered a Western culture-bound syndrome.