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TIL deep sea exploration vehicle Alvin was once attacked by a swordfish 2000 ft below the surface. The swordfish, with sword stuck in Alvin's skin, was brought to the surface with the sub. The crew then cooked it for dinner.

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wLxDM TIL the main reason the British lost the American Revolutionary War was because it was essentially a global war with all of the main armies in the world against the UK. Most of the fighting took place outside of the US, and the American Revolutionaries played very little role in their 'win'.
XEmn6 TIL in 1862 the King of Siam offered Abraham Lincoln many elephants on the grounds that a "Country as great as the United States should not be without elephants.” Lincoln politely declined.
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