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TIL a man was found alive in an air pocket on a sunk ship after three days of no water, no food, and in pitch black.

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16wM7 TIL the mother of the last Comanche chief was a white woman who was kidnapped at age 9 & assimilated into the tribe. She later married a chieftain & bore him 3 children before she was found at age 33 & returned to her bio-family. She never accepted white society & committed suicide by starvation.
XEwNR TIL that Iceland had a strike in 1975 called The Long Friday where women didn't do any work for a full day, paid or unpaid. And also learned Iceland is now ranked high in gender equality.
1BED TIL that nations like the former USSR, Sweden, and a majority of other European nations have stockpiled reserves of steam locomotives in case something happens that renders their diesel or electric fleets inoperable, such as a Nuclear EMP event.
NXk51 TIL that the Apollo 12's lunar surface cuff checklists had pinup models/porn snuck in them by the backup crew ( who made the checklist ).
d8grZ TIL The word "checkmate" is derived from the Persian shāh māt ("the king is helpless").