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TIL The French submarine Curie was sunk on 20 december 1914 while trying to infiltrate the Austro-Hungarian Navy's main base at Pola. She was then raised, renamed SM U-14 and served the rest of WW1 in the Austro-Hungarian Navy before she was returned to France after WW1.

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1E84 TIL The machines that harvest, process and slice potatoes are unable to tell the difference between them and golf balls, occasionally resulting in golf ball potato crisps/chips making it into packets.
YxmP TIL Nearly every military operation the US has been involved in since World War II has been a joint operation with Canada. In many cases, Canada refused to officially support the conflicts, such as the War in Iraq, but continued to supply intelligence equipment and personnel.
16gGV TIL that there is poem nearly two thousand years old accusing someone of insurance fraud: Epigram III.52 by Roman satirist Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialis).
wLlbM TIL that in 1888 Kentucky State Treasurer James "Honest Dick" Tate disappeared with $250,000 in state funds after years of embezzling the state's treasury. He was never heard from or seen again. His theft is what spurred the state to impose strict terms limits on state office holders.
plEp TIL an inmate was forcibly tattooed across his forehead with the words “Katie’s revenge” by another inmate after they found out he was serving time for molesting and murdering a 10 year old girl named Katie