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TIL Titanic's wireless operator told a nearby ship to "shut up" when warned of icebergs less than an hour before they struck an iceberg

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mP6Y TIL there is a huge abandoned fortress 70 nautical miles off the coast of Key West in Florida. Fort Jefferson remains the largest all-masonry fort in the United States and was briefly used as a prison for Union deserters in the Civil War.
ZpK7Y TIL Voice of the Martyrs sends approximately 30,000 Bibles to North Korea by balloon every year
ZXvB TIL Four AH-64 Apaches helicopters were destroyed by mortar fire in Iraq, because US soldiers took pictures of them landing at their base, and posted the pictures to the internet. But the pictures were geotagged, enabling the enemy to determine the exact location of the Apaches.
dy6B TIL that the USA paid for 8 boats at $375,000 per boat for landlocked Afghanistan’s navy, they still haven’t been delivered
kOvLW TIL that Danny Trejo often chooses to play bad guys who lose to teach people that bad guys often die or go to prison, and that one should try to live a good life.