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TIL : The US Navy has a science ship that can flip itself. Most of the ship is sunk in the process, only leaving the 5 stories high part above sea level.

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erm4 TIL That more than half of the Western United States is owned by the Federal Government.
rBvM TIL that the smell of women’s tears reduce men’s sexual desire
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bNwQ TIL that Jackie Kennedy’s Pink Chanel suit won’t be publicly displayed until at least 2103 and is kept in a secret location in which “The temperature hovers between 65 and 68 °F (18 and 20 °C) degrees; the humidity is 40 percent; the air is changed six times an hour.”