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TIL that military submarines are typically designed to operate in depths about 3 to 4 times their length

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5YZEk TIL Tea clippers used to race to be the first to deliver their cargo, the price being to sell their cargo at a premium
awdEy Today I Learned the ambulance service in most towns used to be ran by the funeral home. So if you needed to be taken to the hospital, you called the funeral home, and they’d use their hearse to transport you to the hospital (until purpose built ambulances became available in the late ‘60s & ‘70s).
rNrlW TIL that at 17 years old actress Michelle Williams entered a renowned futures trading contest and became the first woman to win. She is also the contest's 3rd highest-ranking winner of all time; the all-time highest ranking is held by her own father, trader Larry Williams.
awQwA TIL: Singer-songwriter James Blunt was a former reconnaissance officer in the Life Guards regiment of the British Army and served under NATO during the 1999 Kosovo War. He was also a pallbearer at the funeral of Queen Mother.
pXp TIL Japan has over 200 Kit Kat flavors (including wasabi)