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TIL St. Cassian of Imola was martyred by having the students he was teaching stab him to death with iron styli.

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7yk7 TIL In WWII the US Navy had huge floating dry docks that were big enough to hold battleships and aircraft carriers so damaged ships could be repaired close to the fighting and not have to be towed back thousands of miles to Pearl Harbor.
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