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TIL The inscription on the Hiroshima Peace Memorial reads “please rest in peace for ‘we/they’ shall not repeat the error.” In Japanese, the sentence’s subject is omitted, thus it could be interpreted as 'we’ or 'they’. This was intended to memorialize the victims without politicizing the issue.

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e09wg TIL: "Jet Ski" is a brand name owned and trademarked by Kawasaki. The more correct term is personal watercraft (PWC), water scooter or comically, a boatercycle.
9w7Z7 TIL After the US Navy lost the USS Thresher in 1963, it instituted a quality assurance program called SUBSAFE for its submarines. As a result they went from losing 16 submarines to non-combat reasons in the 48 years before, to losing only the USS Scorpion (which wasn’t SUBSAFE certified) since 1963.
XEYKP TIL. The southernmost point on mainland Asia is Tanjung Piai. It is part of Malaysia and home to an important nature preserve less than 100 miles from the equator with the skyline of Singapore visible in the distance.
vrRr TIL when Robert Goddard,scientist who created the first liquid fueled rocket,published his work in 1919, he was ridiculed for his belief man could reach the moon.The New York Times even mocked his understanding of basic physics.They later published a correction the day after the launch of Apollo 11
l5vK TIL that there is a herd of nearly 40 hippos living freely in Colombia after the private zoo of Pablo Escobar was abandoned and its 4 original hippos reproduced.