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TIL HMS Terror disappeared in the 1830s, somewhere in Northern Canada. Expeditions to find it, from 2010-14 ignored Inuit reports of a wreck and focused elsewhere. When Inuit Ranger Sammy Cogvik insisted they change course, the ship was found in under 3 hours - in namesake Terror Bay

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yVJEV TIL Lockheeds “Rosetta Stone” breakthrough on stealth came from a math equation - courtesy of the Soviet academic Pyotr Ufimtsev who published his equation. The Soviets were not even working on stealth tech at the time.
GAGXQ TIL President McKinley was assassinated at the world's fair
WkKj8 TIL British royal family members must pack a black outfit with them when they travel in the event of a death in the family
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