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TIL that Columbian drug cartels have custom-designed fibreglass submarines to smuggle cocaine. They’re designed to carry about 4 people and are extremely hard to detect.

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9wrjX TIL While widely regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time, Lauryn Hill has only released 1 single solo album during her entire career, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
m90x TIL that in the moment leading up to the verdict announcement of the O.J. Simpson murder case, trading volume on the NYSE decreased by 41%, water usage decreased as people avoided using bathrooms, and so much work stopped that the verdict cost an estimated $480 million in lost productivity.
8Or4 TIL Michael Jordan had a “love of the game” clause in his contract, allowing him to play basketball against anyone, anytime and anywhere.
MbeV TIL that the crab-like form is so effective, at least five groups of crustaceans have independently evolved into that shape, in a process called carcinisation.
P99g TIL there is a neural condition called witzelsucht that causes people to speak in puns!