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TIL a Japanese submarine was sunk in WW2 because American sailors were throwing potatoes at it

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4XKG5 TIL: Every Banana sold in the UK is a clone of the banana grown at the famous Staffordshire theme park 'Alton Towers'
VBoyp TIL Johannes Hevelius had exceptionally keen eyesight and could see stars of the seventh magnitude. He compiled a "Celestial Atlas" using both instruments, naked eye observations, and observed sunspots to accurately determine the solar rotation
pYxL4 TIL of Sandy Woodward who commanded the British task force during the Falklands War and ensured that the Argentinian forces were defeated, before Winter made this impossible, mapping the logistics out accordingly.
MeWDm TIL there are limestone mines beneath Paris that became an ossuary and final resting place for over six million people. During a cholera outbreak in the 1800’s over 170,000 people were hastily dumped in the catacombs and covered with quick lime to remove the flesh.
e0bGk TIL that the Australian Prime Minister who drowned at sea has a swimming centre named after him.