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TIL that the USS Arizona and USS Utah, two ships which were both destroyed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, still continue to leak oil over 80 years later

by whatilearned January 22, 2022, 7:05 am

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TIL about the shotgun pistol given to Soviet cosmonauts. It was developed after space pioneer Alexei Leonov’s capsule landed off course in Siberia. At risk from attack by bears and wolves, Leonov later pushed for development of a combination shotgun/pistol/survival weapon that could fend off bears.

by whatilearned January 21, 2022, 6:00 pm

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TIL of Jackson C. Frank, a folk singer who released just one album in 1965. His life was a tragedy: a boiler explosion at school killed 15 of his classmates and severely burned him. Later, his son died of cystic fibrosis. Then, while homeless, his eye was shot out in a random attack.

by whatilearned January 19, 2022, 3:49 pm

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Attack on Titan copypasta I found on 4chan

by CopyPastaArchive January 16, 2022, 9:59 pm

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TIL actor Donald O’Connor (born 1925) 7 year old sister died from being hit by a car. Few weeks later, his father died of a heart attack; his brother Billy died a decade later from scarlet fever and his eldest sibling Jack died from alcoholism in 1959. His three other siblings died during childbirth

by whatilearned January 16, 2022, 8:49 am

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TIL that DJ Khaled used to be known as “Arab Attack”, an alias which he stopped using after 9/11.

by whatilearned January 15, 2022, 4:53 am

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Log4j – Runtime attack path visualisation

by ProgrammerDude December 13, 2021, 5:55 pm

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TIL Russia has an (semi?) automatic system that can detect a nuclear attack and launch intercontinental ballistic missiles even if their entire government has collapsed and nobody is there to give the command

by whatilearned December 11, 2021, 9:12 pm

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TIL During WW2, Dick Best led a dive bomber attack during the pivotal battle of Midway. The attack’s success was led by the fact they showed up late. Because of this the Japanese defense planes were engaged elsewhere leaving Best’s forces free to sink 3 Japanese carriers and turn the tide of the war

by whatilearned December 11, 2021, 2:24 pm

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Why didn’t you attack in the clan war

by CopyPastaArchive December 10, 2021, 4:10 pm

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TIL the 1987 Remembrance Day bombing in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland which killed 10 civilians including elderly attendees was met with such condemnation the IRA apologised for the attack, disbanded the unit responsible and admitted it had made a mistake.

by whatilearned December 9, 2021, 8:27 pm

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TIL The German army employed large numbers of captured soviet T-34s tanks. they were designated by the Germans as Panzerkampfwagen T-34 747(r). In order to prevent recognition mistakes, large swastikas were painted on the tanks, in order to prevent attack by Axis aircraft.

by whatilearned December 9, 2021, 12:19 pm

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