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TIL despite failing to find Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370, the search effort produced the most detailed underwater map ever created

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QJJ4k TIL the physics behind why tea kettles whistle was not well understood until 2013.
kdb4 TIL many people in New Mexico saw the Trinity nuclear test from a distance, but the Army downplayed it as an ammunition magazine explosion
78o6O TIL that the main villain of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Dio Brando, derives his name from a combination of the surnames of heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio and American actor Marlon Brando.
yVA8v TIL in 1989 a man bought a painting for $4 at a flea market mostly because he liked the frame. He discovered a document behind the canvas. It was an official copy of the first printing of the Declaration of Independence. Only 23 were known to exist. He sold it at auction for $2.42 million in 1991.
yQP9M TIL About John Cromwell, an American WWII submarine commander who chose to go down with his submarine rather than be captured by the Japanese, fearing he wouldn’t be able to withhold secrets under interrogation