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TIL The image format "PNG" is pronounced "ping" officially

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KY8rG TIL about the I-400 class aircraft launching super submarines that the Empire of Japan had en route to the US Forward Operating Base Naval Port Ulithi. Their attack on the Pacific Fleet was only derailed by the nuking of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
nebEW TIL: The aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has a reverse osmosis system capable of producing more than 500 tonnes of fresh, drinkable water from sea water per day.
JY4ym TIL that the reason why tattoos don’t fade away as skin cells die is that your immune system sends macrophages to eat up the ink. As they die, the ink gets eaten by new macrophages in a never ending cycle
5VKaB TIL: The Allies raided a Nazi chemical company in 1944 and interrogated a chemist due to the amount of radioactive material involved. However, they learned that he was not working on nukes, but radioactive toothpaste known as Duramad, using radiation to kill germs. Some samples are in a museum now.
d8ZWQ TIL Prisoners in Canadian war camps during WWII were treated so well, that a lot of them didn’t’ want to leave when the war was over.