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TIL Throughout the WWII there were many rivalries between Office of Strategic Services (precursor to the CIA) and other US Intel departments. The prevalence of Ivy League graduates and high society gave rise to the dismissive name for the OSS "Oh, So Social.”

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p8b68 TIL The U.S.S. Constitution maintains about 10 to 20 percent of its original wood, including the lower futtocks, keel and the deadwood at the stem and stern.
EaKP TIL a Chinese business man bought a non-functional aircraft carrier from Ukraine, allegedly to use it as a floating hotel/casino. It took more than 4 years to tow it to China. Later the Chinese government bought and modernised the carrier, making it its only aircraft carrier its navy owns today.
ADOQo TIL that the Wayne's World famous 'NO Stairway to Heaven' scene came to be because Led Zeppelin denied the rights to the song, so Myers just said to the camera 'No Stairway, Denied!' after just a couple of notes.
ZdyB TIL: Many casinos are starting to introduce “skill-based” games because younger people are bored with the standard “luck-based” ones like slots and roulette. Gamblers will be able to bet and win money on things like free throw contests, “Cashteroids,” a modified version of Angry Birds, and more.
JYQ78 TIL That not all Spanish speakers roll their ‘Rs’. The Costa Rican dialect does not have a trill, and instead they pronounce ‘Rs’ as an approximant consonant, much like in English.