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TIL Vin Diesel’s real name is Mark Sinclair

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6EkKJ TIL that Napoleon was once interested in considering a submarine as a weapon in his military arsenal to combat ships. When it came time to look at the Nautilus, designed by American inventor Robert Fulton, Napoleon decided that Fulton was a swindler and a charlatan after learning the vessel leaked.
OojoL TIL that Confederate symbolism can still be seen on the official state flags of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Tennesse.
epwVb TIL that there's a cosmological model that says our observable universe is inside a black hole.
5A9D TIL Texas attorney general threatened international observers from OSCE with arrests and criminal charges if they were to monitor the 2012 elections in that state.
wLN07 TIL former Manson family member and convicted murderer Patricia Krenwinkel is the longest-serving female inmate in California's correctional system.