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TIL two Israeli soldiers received prison sentences after they posted a video of soldiers doing the Harlem Shake.

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7yk7 TIL In WWII the US Navy had huge floating dry docks that were big enough to hold battleships and aircraft carriers so damaged ships could be repaired close to the fighting and not have to be towed back thousands of miles to Pearl Harbor.
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BgJWW TIL that despite homosexual activity being punishable by death in the country, Iran allows gender reassignment surgery, and performs more of them than any country except Thailand. In 2005 they did 7 times as many as all of the EU combined.
L4yp TIL that whales, sturgeon, dolphins and porpoises that wash up on the shore in the UK are “royal fish” and are property of the Queen.