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TIL there’s a real life Russian ghost ship floating around in the Atlantic ocean named the Lyubov Orlova

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noVG TIL there is such a thing as one-way bulletproof glass. This allows you to return fire through the glass while still keeping you protected from the attacker (your shot leaves a bullet-sized hole, but doesn’t compromise the rest of the shield).
M7EX8 TIL Cablevision was actually founded by Charles Dolan, who was also the creator of HBO
4kE9w TIL Actors Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman became friends while attending Pasadena Playhouse in the 60's. seen as outsiders by their classmates, both were voted "The Least Likely To Succeed".
xad1 TIL that in 1943 three Belgian men held up a train and liberated 200 Jews using only one gun and some wire cutters.
Y7y8B TIL Canada doesn't have internal free trade