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TIL: The Vikings Beat Columbus To America By Nearly 500 Years (And Were Repeatedly Repelled By Native Peoples)

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16M9V TIL of the submarine USS Tang. It was hit when it's own torpedo boomeranged. 89 crew with 29 trapped. 13 made it out through a hatch but only 9 made to the surface where they were picked up by the Japanese and taken to a POW camp. They survived the war.
oBOK7 TIL that the image of actor Leo Gorcey was erased from the front cover of the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band because he asked for a fee.
N7LQN TIL of the Palm Dog Award, an award at the Cannes Film Festival given to the best canine performance.
8aJLP TIL about the Salt Cathedral of Realmonte, a Catholic church built within the tunnels of a old salt mine in Scily.
JYpv1 TIL the best tasting animal is the Kudu from South Africa; the worst is the common seagull.