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TIL that two-time Medal of Honor recipient Major General Smedley Butler recommended in his 1935 book 'War is a Racket' that industries should be conscripted before soldiers to limit war profiteering after his experiences in the Banana Wars and WWI.
JYXn8
TIL The "Never argue with a fool" quote lacks proof crediting it to Mark Twain. The oldest suspected source is biblical proverbs 26:4 and 26:5: "Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Or you will also be like him. Answer a fool as his folly deserves, That he not be wise in his own eyes."
vP4QL
TIL the speed of light is not relative, it's exactly the same relative to everything else
rNNP1
TIL that during the Civil War, Asa Tift, a notable Salvager from Key West, Florida, and his brothers financed a ship to be built for the Confederates in Mobile, Alabama. However, after the Unions victory at Vicksburg, Tift and his brothers decided to blow up the ship rather than let it be captured.
PYObe
TIL that there is a submerged eighth continent called Zealandia which is located in between New Caledonia and New Zealand and is about two-thirds the size of Australia