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TIL in 2009 two nuclear submarines crashed into one another and nearly sank. And in 1998, 93, 92, 81, 70…

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D15ep TIL that in most Hollywood movies any scene involving an animal is monitored by the Humane Society to ensure no animals are actually harmed in the making of the film.
PYAvw TIL that Neopets was run by the Church of Scientology.
p8a5p TIL the Creator of Kwanzaa was convicted of assault and imprisonment for group torture of two women through beating them with an electrical cord, burning them with a soldering iron, forcing water and detergent down their throats, and striking them with toasters.
rr84 TIL of a millionaire who announced he would bury his Bentley for his afterlife. After lots of negative reaction, he revealed the publicity stunt about organ donations. “People bury things that are much more valuable then cars and nobody seems to care”.
N77WJ TIL in 2014 a man in South Africa was transporting 2 giraffes in an open trailer. While going under an overpass, one of the giraffes hit its head on the overpass and died, due to head trauma. Thankfully, the other survived.