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nWyBP TIL a worse-than-expected storm wreaked havoc on the 303 yachts in the 1979 Fastnet Race. There were 194 retirements, 75 capsized boats, 24 boats abandoned (5 of which believed to be sunk), and the deaths of 15 sailors. Of the 303 yachts that started the race, only 86 finished.
MaXW TIL Fighters who lose by knockout are automatically suspended for 30 days, three months if it is the second knockout within three months, or one year if it is the third knockout within one year.
1vj4 TIL A British Man rescued 669 children destine for death camps from Nazis, arranged for them to have homes and smuggled them to Britain. Today is his 105th birthday
ANXXd TIL in 2013, astronaut Chris Hadfield took a picture of Berlin at night from the International Space Station which showed the division between the former east and west through its streetlights. East Berlin looks orange due to sodium vapor lamps while West Berlin looks white due to fluorescent lamps.
R5NK8 TIL about the 1945 Chenogne massacre, where in reprisal of a similar act by the Nazis, US forces massacred 80 German POWs using machine guns