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TIL A German u-boat was sunk by it's own toilet in WW2

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DQYRe TIL that a women was denied Swiss citizenship twice for being “too annoying”
BrvZx TIL Comedian and actor Eddie Izzard ran 27 marathons In as many days for Sport Relief
KOWa4 TIL about the Babushka Lady, an unknown woman present during the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy who might have photographed the events that occurred in Dallas's Dealey Plaza at the time President John F. Kennedy was shot.
6EDN7 TIL the York Peppermint Patty was created by Henry Kessler at his York Cone Company in 1940, located in York, Pennsylvania. They are now manufactured in Mexico.
pYdvN TIL the original aluminum apex of the Washington Monument was the largest piece of aluminum in the world, measuring just 5.6 inches (14 cm) by 8.9 inches (23 cm) because at the time (1884) aluminum was as rare and as valuable as silver