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TIL that a water resitant watch classified for 30 meters wouldn’t even survive swimming or showering.

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4kXmR TIL in 1991 As a Captain HR McMaster lead a legendary tank battle in Iraq that destroyed a much larger Iraqi tank force. He defeated 28 Iraqi Republican Guard tanks in 23 minutes with no loses. This earned him a Silver Star for valor.
oMo8 TIL on 3rd July 1988 the US Navy shot down a civilian passenger flight killing all 290 on board, including 66 children and 16 crew.
p8YOb TIL of the Edward Mukuka Nkoloso, who led Zambian space program in 1960s, attempting to beat US and Soviets to the Moon.
myAy TIL Loch Ness is so deep that it contains more freshwater than all the lakes in England combined.
nedeY TIL: Several people have been indirectedly killed by the "Pope Lick Monster" as its supposed location is in a creek under a train bridge. Cryptid hunters attracted to the area have found themselves either struck by a train, or fallen to their deaths from the bridge trying to avoid one.