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TIL 536 was the worst year to be alive in the history of mankind

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R7XVa TIL that in January 2005, the US Navy’s submarine, USS San Francisco, traveling at full speed under 525 feet of water hit an uncharted undersea mount, resulting in one death and many injuries.
loWrK TIL that Disney refused a grieving father’s request to put a Spider-Man sticker on the tombstone of his son that died from a rare genetic disorder
Z8G9Q TIL In 1958 Mao Zedong ordered all the sparrows to be killed because they ate too much grain. This caused one of the worst environmental disasters in human history. Locust populations ballooned, swarming the country and causing famine.
KYNW6 TIL The only known naturally occuring nuclear fission reactor was discovered in Oklo, Gabon and is thought to have been active 1.7 billion years ago. This discovery in 1972 was made after chemists noticed a significant reduction in fissionable U-235 within the ore coming from the Gabonese mine.
1aAe7 TIL in Portland, Oregon (2006) a 58 year old husband hired a Hit man to murder his wife. When his wife returned home she encountered an intruder wielding a claw hammer. After a struggle, the 51-year-old nurse fended off her attacker by strangling him with her bare hands.