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TIL that there's an annual soccer competition, called the Muratti Vase, inaugurated in 1905, between teams representing the Channel Islands of Alderney, Guernsey and Jersey. Jersey won it 57 times, Guernsey 46 times and Alderney just once in 1920 and hasn't been to a final in almost 90 years

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8a9YX TIL about a fatal submarine accident from 1963. A nuclear sub, the USS Thresher (SSN-593), sank 610 m (2,000 ft) imploding in 0.1 seconds killing all 128 crew members. During a failed deep dive test, its theorized the sub lost power and its vital ballast systems froze, rendering the ship unusable.
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