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TIL that during the Falklands War, the British Royal Navy killed 3 whales with torpedoes and depth charges after mistaking them for Argentinian submarines

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yyQV TIL At JFK’s request his 19 year old mistress, Mimi Alford performed oral sex on his Special Assistant, David Powers, while JFK watched. He later apologised to them both.
VMLAQ TIL that the last telegram sent in the United States was in 2006, while the last globally was in India, 2013.
OJbY TIL James Cameron saved Guillermo del Toro’s father from Mexican kidnappers by paying the $1,000,000 ransom
kO7Q5 TIL lewis Carrol developed ideas in linear algebra, probability & the study of elections & committees. Also one of his inventions was a writing tablet called the nyctograph that allowed note-taking in the dark, thus eliminating the need to get out of bed and strike a light when one woke with an idea
KGPR TIL - “The death of the chemistry set is almost an unintended consequence of the rise in consumer protection laws.”