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TIL There are no seagulls in Hawaii
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TIL in an attempt to trim out the listing Yamato, Japan's super battleship, the captain flooded the outer engine room, drowning three hundred men at their stations.
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TIL of Charles Lightoller, who was the last officer remaining on board the Titanic as it sank only to be freed by a boiler explosion; later he helped evacuate over 120 men from Dunkirk.
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TIL Vending machines kill more people per year than sharks. Vending machines kill an average of 13 people a year, sharks 5.
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TIL There is an asteroid named 12796 Kamenrider after the Japanese tokusatsu series.
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TIL that in 1907, French waiters went on strike for the right to have mustaches. In France prior to 1907, mustaches were a symbol of class and stature, while waiters were seen as lower class and thus - not mustache-worthy.