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TIL That America has 19 aircraft carriers. Compared to the rest of the worlds combined 12.

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A854 TIL: The 15 biggest container ships pollute the air more than all 750 million cars combined
W7kOY TIL: The Coconut Monk was a pacifist mystic who founded the Coconut Religion in Vietnam. He lived on an island, meditated in a palm tree for hours every day, had a cat and mouse as his companions, made shards of bombs into a gong, and went to prison for his opposition to the Vietnam War.
xVbbD TIL Bob The Builder was planned to be reshot for Japanese audiences due to all characters possessing four fingers instead of five. Members of the Yakuza, Japan's "most feared mafia" cut off their pinky to show they can be trusted, so Bob and his friends looked more like gangsters than contractors.
vL7 TIL: The Super Guppy is used extensively by NASA to ferry components for the International Space Station and Project Orion.
R704 TIL Iraqi insurgents intercepted video feeds of American Predator drones using a $26 piece of Russian software named SkyGrabber.