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TIL that divers searching a sunken wreck saw a hand in the murky water, grabbed it - and it grabbed back. More than 60 hours since the ship capsized, the cook was still alive. The sea water had acted as a CO2 scrubber keeping his compressed air pocket breathable.

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mxMaR TIL Comedian writer Billy Domineau wrote a spec script for Seinfeld called "The Twin Towers" that is set in the days following 9/11
Zg0R TIL there is a group of Pacific Islanders that can control their pupil dilation and see clearly underwater.
Vlak TIL there is an antidote for alcohol intoxication that never made it to the market
kOYad TIL of Robert Smalls, a slave who freed himself his crew & their families by overtaking Confederate ship, CSS Planter, and sailing it north. The ship contained a code book letting them pass CSA checkpoints. He became new captain of the ship & convinced Lincoln to admit African Americans to the Army
QN9pk TIL that in 2015, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) decided to allow the first limited black bear hunt in the state since the 1990s. However, the hunt was ended abruptly when hunters killed 295 bears out of the 320-bear limit in just 2 days.