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TIL that the much celebrated failure of the Spanish Armada was followed by an equally unsuccessful English retaliation called the English Armada

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m11DR TIL about the Elephantine Colossus: A 200-foot-tall elephant-shaped hotel that was built on Coney Island in 1885, that housed a concert hall, museum, observatory, and more. It later became a brothel but burnt down on 27th September 1896 following a mysterious incident.
Br4Nb TIL about Super Baseball 2020, an early 90's baseball video game where some of the players are robots.
R7Le4 TIL that in the 2018 Hawaii false missle alert, PornHub offered an unusual sociological report. After the alert was sent, traffic on PornHub dropped 77%. Nearly an hour after people were informed of a false alarm, PornHub traffic jumped to 48% more than normal from people relieving themselves.
EXpP TIL that the famous tennis rivalry between John McEnroe and Björn Borg ended in 1981 when McEnroe beat him in the US Open final to claim his 3rd consecutive title. Borg left the stadium without a word and flew home to Sweden, quitting competitive tennis that day. He was 25 years old.
NBaN TIL the Powerpuff Girls was originally a college project done by Craig McCracken known as the “Whoopass Girls”. Instead of Chemical X, the Professor gave them an open “Can of Whoopass”.