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TIL: The first combat submarine to sink a warship also simultaneously sank itself.

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PKOJ TIL in 1960, the computer at NORAD warned with 99.9% certainty that the Soviets had just launched a full-scale missile attack against North America. NORAD later discovered that the Early Warning System in Greenland had interpreted the moon rising over Norway as a missile attack from Siberia.
nLxB TIL that Erwin Schrödinger never thought a cat could be both alive and dead. The thought experiment was satire that criticized the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics.
MeQob TIL The oldest Tree in the world was killed by one man trying to figure out how old it was
KypB TIL that after winning the Tour de France in 2006 Oscar Pereiro announced his real dream was to play professional soccer. He would quit cycling, join a Spanish team, and score twice in his first season.
5GYP TIL that a woman rented a limousine and drove up to a Burlington Coat Factory and said she won the lottery and would pay for all purchases. A mob formed. When she revealed she was lying and ran off, the mob looted the store!