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TIL Alvin, the submarine that discovered the Titanic, was built by General Mills, the consumer foods producer, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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VNOB TIL on the most remote island in the world, Bouvet Island, there is an unexplained abandoned boat left near one of the shores
9j67 TIL that in the U.S., there were animal abuse laws before child abuse laws.
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