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TIL there has only been one instance of a submarine sinking another submarine while submerged.

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Qwb6 TIL Canada has a specifically banned members of the Westboro Baptist Church from entering the country.
nABW TIL a dog named Chaser has the largest tested memory of any non-human animal. She can identify 1,022 toys by their name and retrieve them by name and by category.
7rJ4r TIL actress Anne Ramsey - better known as Mama Fratelli in "The Goonies" and Mrs. Lift in "Throw Momma From The Train" - had a famously unique speech slur left over after surgery from esophageal cancer in 1984. That cancer would later return in 1988, and was the ultimate cause of her passing
wKe6 TIL after refusing to abandon a dying comrade numerous times , Warrant Officer Kevin Wheatley pulled the pins from two grenades and calmly awaited the Viet Cong, holding one grenade in each hand. An action leading to his death and him being posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.
eRmk TIL Jonah Hill almost drowned off the coast of Australia after Channing Tatum got him blackout drunk.