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TIL nuclear submarine microphones can hear shrimp chewing on their food 100 meters away.

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QNQr9 TIL there is a number called "Graham's number" that is so large, that there are more digits than planck volumes in the observable universe
1amwO TIL about Dorothy Levitt, one of the first British female racing drivers. In her column for women she advised women on a car to buy, how to dress while driving, and items to bring, including gloves, an extra handkerchief, a clean veil, a powder-puff, hair-pins, a hand mirror, chocolates, and a gun.
Lk0QV TIL First Lady Edith Wilson was a direct descendant of Pocahontas, helped run the presidency after her husband's stroke, and attended JFK's inauguration at age 88
WkgPB TIL about the Butcher of Kansas City, a little known serial killer from the 1980s. He is known to have tortured and killed 6 men, and as many as 20. He injected drain cleaner in their throats to silence their screams while he was at work.
NXEe6 TIL Helmut Schmidt, West German chancellor in the 1970s, was famous for being a heavy smoker. He was known for lighting cigarettes during TV interviews. He lived to age 96, passing from complications following surgery on a blood clot in his leg.