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TIL WW2 sunken ships are being "grave robbed" due to their incredibly valuable steel

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8aQWV TIL the community of Innisfill in Ontario, Canada is subsidizing Uber instead of developing a transit system. To date, the plan is saving the community money and they are looking to expand the pilot.
QJGZp TIL Aeschylus, a Greek playwright, died in 455 BC after an eagle dropped a tortoise on his head, mistaking his head for a rock (some eagles kill tortoises this way, breaking them open). Aeschylus was spending most of his time outside to avoid a prophecy that he would die from a falling object.
mxy1R TIL the Crusaders planned to finance the Fourth Crusade by stopping first in Constantinople, to assist in a coup. When they were not fairly compensated by the new Byzantine Emporer, they seized control of the city and surrounding territory. Establishing the short-lived Latin Empire (1204-1261).
NXLON TIL the dumb and dumber mocking bird song is a real song.
0NjL TIL that in 2007, a Tennessee man on Death Row requested that, instead of a last meal, a pizza be donated to a local homeless person. The request was denied.