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TIL that submarine SONAR is strong enough to turn your insides into jelly

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7l1r TIL the phrase “winging it” refers to actors struggling through parts that they have recently learned in the wings of a theatre before each scene
MK7V TIL 100 years ago,today in Sarajevo, a 19 YO University student pulled a trigger and propelled the world into war.On a rock behind his house he carved his initials and the date—Г П 1909. When a friend asked why he was doing it, he answered, “One day people will know my name.
rN691 TIL that the closest living relatives of the hippo are cetaceans - whales and dolphins
Pr7n TIL that Paul Simon’s song, “Mother and Child Reunion”, isn’t about a mother and child reuniting. It’s about a Chicken and Eggs dish he had at a Chinese restaurant.
MeY7W TIL the difference between acronyms and initialisms. FBI is not an acronym but an initialism.