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TIL that Nat Fein wasn’t supposed to work the day he took the first sports photograph to win the Pulitzer Prize

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pQGN TIL in 1825 the Baron of Renfrew, one of the largest wooden ships ever built, set sail from Anse du Fort, Quebec to London, England. Her mission, to be scrapped for wood on arrival in order to exploit a loophole in British lumber tariffs. She sunk 650 miles offshore.
vPyX4 TIL that Fraiser Crane and Mickey Mouse exist in the same universe
8B84 TIL Canada’s first deaths in Afghanistan were the result of friendly fire after U.S. Maj. Harry Schmidt ignored direct orders to hold fire and dropped a 500lb missile on a Canadian battalion during training exercises. Schmidt has refused to apologize for his role in the incident.
XEnYk TIL that in S1 E6 of Rugrats, a group of criminals target millionaire "Ronald Thump" to kidnap his kid for ransom, but instead mistakenly kidnap Tommy.
bPO4 TIL Alexander Graham Bell developed the metal detector as a last ditch effort to locate a bullet lodged in the chest of American President James Garfield in 1881; the attempt was unsuccessful because the metal coil spring bed Garfield was lying on confused the detector.