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pYZQb TIL that the last ship the legendary American frigate USS Constitution ever captured was an illegal slave ship named H. N. Gambrill. The 1853 seizing occurred while Constitution was serving as flagship of the United States Navy's anti-slave trading Africa Squadron.
jN0rR TIL sailors at sea with the US Navy during the War of 1812 had rations of 4240 calories per day, about twice the recommended daily allowance for the modern American man.
WkljB TIL the US Navy maintains a 64,000 acre grove of white oaks for the sole purpose of supplying timbers to restore the USS Constitution