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TIL that the single greatest concentration of shark attacks on human history took place when the USS Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine on 30 July 1945 and survivors were left in the wa... (www.nationalww2museum.org)
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Original Title: TIL that the single greatest concentration of shark attacks on human history took place when the USS Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine on 30 July 1945 and survivors were left in the water for four days, during which time around 600 men died of exposure, dehydration, and shark attacks.

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