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TIL Pentagon freaked out in the 1980s when they realized Finland had, against their expectations, managed to build two Mir submarines capable of diving to 6000 meters. They went on to shut down the whole Finnish submarine industry by privately threatening the country with heavy sanctions.

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9wNeQ TIL Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was influenced to pursue her career in law after watching 12 Angry Men, noting juror 11's reverence for the justice system. When she was a lower court judge she would tell jurors not to follow the film's example because it was based on speculation, not fact.
8aQMV TIL That the US Post office delivers mail to the people of Supai, Arizona by the only way possible, by mule
VBJD4 TIL that men had to fight for the right to be topless, as men's nipples were taboo like women's, and were only given the legal freedom to display their nipples in public in 1936.
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