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TIL a Rolex watch was strapped to the hull of the Trieste submersible when it dove the Mariana Trench. It survived the 35,700 foot descent, ticking the whole way.

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WlJX TIL That the officer in charge of guarding Abraham Lincoln in Ford’s Theater left his post to go drinking at the same bar where John Wilkes Booth was building up the courage to shoot the President.
x64x7 TIL of Panilo (Hawaiian cowboys). After cows were introduced to Hawaii in 1793 their population grew to the point of being a dangerous nuisance. King Kamehameha III, impressed with Mexican Vaqueros seen during a state visit, invited some over to teach the Hawaiian people to manage cattle and ranches
Gm7 TIL a strange object at the bottem of the sea emits an EMP
e0mRE TIL it is illegal under German law to deny the holocaust and is punishable by up to 5 years in prison.
yQPv8 TIL the LSD equivalent of 420 is called 'Bicycle Day' and is celebrated on April 19th. It commemorates the first time LSD's discoverer, Albert Hofmann, purposely took the drug as an experiment and had to be taken home by his lab assistant on a bicycle.