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TIL The ill-fated Russian submarine Kursk had an aquarium and aviary on board for crew member morale

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KOP04 TIL That Paul Stanley of the band Kiss was unable to hear on the right side due to a birth defect. As a kid he found it difficult to determine the direction of a sound, and he could not understand speech in a noisy environment. He was taunted by other children for his deformed ear.
KYMdB TIL That a gin pennant (sometimes gin flag or drinking pennant) is a maritime flag. When flown aboard ship, it indicates an open invitation to other ships' officers to come aboard for drinks.
epKZD [TIL] The Province of Canada moved its capital six times between 1841-1867 before permanently locating to Ottawa in 1865. Kingston (Ontario) was first, Quebec City and Toronto both hosted it twice and Montreal once (until the buildings were burnt down in riots in 1849).
KWBG TIL president JFK refused to let Sammy Davis Jr perform at the white house because he was black and married a white woman
LQ5w0 TIL that in 2009 the 90s video game composer and host of Video Games Live, Tommy Tallarico, once got caught smuggling over $100,000 into the USA