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Today I learned that Canada was going to build Nuclear submarines in the eighties

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YpykA TIL: The World Wingsuit League held the first and second World Wingsuit Championships in Tianmen. On October 8, 2013, during a training jump for the second world championships, Viktor Kováts plunged to his death when he was unable to open his parachute.
gMw69 TIL Actor Charlie Sheen reported the movie Guinea Pig 2 to the FBI because he genuinely believed a woman was killed during the filming.
Ypgrr TIL that Helen Magill White was the first American woman to earn a PhD. Raised by a Quaker father who believed she have the same education as her brothers, Helen attended Boston University, where in 1877, she earned a doctorate in Greek. Her thesis “the Greek Drama” was discovered at Cornell in 2018
XEo78 TIL of the discovery of the San Jose Shipwreck. Considered the Holy Grail of Shipwrecks, its loot is valued at $17B in Gold, Silver and Emeralds. The ship went down on Jun 8, 1708 and was lost at sea until 2015 off the coast of Columbia. Its exact location is kept secret today.
M71VA TIL Michael Jordan's Bulls contract included a 'for the love of the game' clause, which allowed him to play basketball whenever, wherever.