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TIL that only once in history has one submarine deliberately sunk another submerged submarine

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awV7o TIL about "Moon Trees", trees whose seeds have orbited the moon on Apollo 14. Many are still alive today.
Zn4o TIL that Portugal did a radical experiment against addiction by decriminalizing all drugs and used the anti-drug budget on job programs and services to connect addicted people with their community. 10 years later drug deaths fell by 80% and heroin addiction by 50%.
xnOw TIL that Thomas Day, a man who attempted to train women to be good wives, was killed when he was thrown from a horse that he refused to train because he felt training them was cruel.
WkDWL TIL about Autophagy and that fasting is one of the healthiest thing you can do for your body because it activates Autophagy which prevents illness
PXaL TIL Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club, has stated that he was embarrassed of the book, because the movie made the plot much more effective