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TIL a repairman caused $700,000,000 in damage to the USS Miami submarine by intentionally starting a fire to get out of work early.

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XQKX TIL Richard Feynman made one mistake in his Feynman’s Lectures book and one student got her answer wrong in a exam. To her Feynman wrote “In science, believe in logic, not in authorities; I goofed and you goofed it too for believing me”
VMraB TIL Ronald Reagan Presided Over 89,343 Deaths to AIDS and Did Nothing
boJp TIL Sand Tiger Shark embryos fight each other in their mother’s womb. The survivor is born.
7rV5r TIL J.K. Simmons, who played music teacher Terence Fletcher in “Whiplash”, has a music degree from the University of Montana, with a major in voice and minors in composing and conducting.
0dWWv TIL house finches weren’t found in the eastern US until 1940 when they were illegally captured in California and brought to New York for pet shops to sell - until the owners of these shops got worried about getting busted for selling them - released them into the wild!