TIL on 9th July 1917, the Captain of the battleship HMS Vanguard remarked that if the ship were to sink it would either explode and kill everyone instantly; or slowly enough for all of the well-trained crew to escape. 5 hours later the ship exploded. 843 of the 845 men aboard were killed

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TIL the New Jersey Reds (now Washington Generals) once beat the Harlem Globetrotters. The Globetrotters weren’t paying attention to the time and had to finish the match playing normal basketball.

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TIL That while the original function of disgust was most likely to protect us from disease-carrying contaminants, we can now feel disgust for immoral actions, for people, or for entire social groups.

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TIL of the Swoon of the Virgin, a common religious theme of art of the Virgin Mary swooning at the death of her son; it was criticised by catholic church for making Mary look emotionally weak and not being biblically accurate.

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TIL on 9th July 1917, the Captain of the battleship HMS Vanguard remarked that if the ship were to sink it would either explode and kill everyone instantly; or slowly enough for all of the well-trained crew to escape. 5 hours later the ship exploded. 843 of the 845 men aboard were killed

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TIL on 9th July 1917, the Captain of the battleship HMS Vanguard remarked that if the ship were to sink it would either explode and kill everyone instantly; or slowly enough for all of the well-trained crew to escape. 5 hours later the ship exploded. 843 of the 845 men aboard were killed

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TIL on 9th July 1917, the Captain of the battleship HMS Vanguard remarked that if the ship were to sink it would either explode and kill everyone instantly; or slowly enough for all of the well-trained crew to escape. 5 hours later the ship exploded. 843 of the 845 men aboard were killed

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TIL the New Jersey Reds (now Washington Generals) once beat the Harlem Globetrotters. The Globetrotters weren’t paying attention to the time and had to finish the match playing normal basketball.

TIL That while the original function of disgust was most likely to protect us from disease-carrying contaminants, we can now feel disgust for immoral actions, for people, or for entire social groups.

TIL of the Swoon of the Virgin, a common religious theme of art of the Virgin Mary swooning at the death of her son; it was criticised by catholic church for making Mary look emotionally weak and not being biblically accurate.

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So, seeing how Black Ops 7 isn’t doing so well, I actually want to shine a light on a few aspects of said failure that have been barelly brought up.

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TIL on 9th July 1917, the Captain of the battleship HMS Vanguard remarked that if the ship were to sink it would either explode and kill everyone instantly; or slowly enough for all of the well-trained crew to escape. 5 hours later the ship exploded. 843 of the 845 men aboard were killed