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TIL in 1982 the British navy mistook three whales for enemy submarines in the Falkland War and killed them with torpedos and an attack helicopter

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PYoLL TIL Issac Newton was a firm believer in alchemy and studied for years to find a method to create the substance known as the Philosophers Stone, which could apparently turn base metals into gold.
W7G7Y TIL humans do not have 100,000 kilometers of blood vessels, it's more like 9,000-19,000 kilometers
WkgLL TIL astronaut Wally Schirra would take pictures of his frozen pee as it floated through space, glinting with sunlight. The pee-flakes looked like a beautiful starfield, he said. One astronomer saw a photo & asked what constellation it was, and Schirra said "Jocelyn, that's the constellation Urion."
xVgyb TIL Teddy Roosevelt drank a gallon of coffee every day
kJeG5 TIL Adolf Hitler hired the creator of Porsche to make the first Volkswagen Beetle(his personal car)