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TIL Boston is named after a British monk of the 7th Century.

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47QR TIL if Finding Nemo had been biologically accurate, Nemo’s dad would’ve switched sexes after Nemo’s mom died and mated with his son.
b9wYp TIL the SS Andrea Doria, a passenger liner sunk in a collision in 1956, is considered the “Mt. Everest” of scuba diving due to its dive difficulty. The wreck continues to claim the lives of divers unprepared for its challenges.
94NM TIL at the depths of the Great Salt Lake is a super-dense layer of water called the “Deep Brine.” Divers describe it as having the consistency of runny Jello
9wZKG TIL that Ugandan Dictator Idi Amin Dada laid claim to the Scottish throne and offered to marry Queen Elizabeth to lead the Commonwealth. When she refused, he had four local British businessmen carry him around in a sedan chair at a diplomatic conference in Uganda.
aD4N TIL that in 1930, the US developed and approved a plan to declare war on the UK and invade Canada. It was shelved in 1939 due to the outbreak of WWII, but wasn’t declassified until 1974.