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TIL Queen Elizabeth II christened HMS Queen Elizabeth which was named in honour of the first HMS Queen Elizabeth which was named after Queen Elizabeth I

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aewJ TIL that sniper Carlos Hathcock crawled 1,500 yards inch by inch in order not to get detected to kill a high ranking officer, it took him 3 days and 4 nights. He also was the man who shot another sniper through the scope and killed him.
gMWnA TIL: Rebel Wilson pursued an acting career after she contracted malaria and hallucinated that she was a famous actress winning an Oscar.
e09gn TIL while the final season Seinfeld episode "The Puerto Rican Day" (which featured a controversial flag-burning scene) was pulled by NBC and Sony, the episode quietly made its way onto the syndication package four years after its airing in 2002
KYJQE TIL that the USS Tang (SS-306) was a U.S. submarine used during World War II. It was built and launched in 1943, and was sunk by a circular run of her own torpedo in 1944.
XXg8 TIL Grand Central Station in NYC is radioactive due to the natural radioactive elements found in the granite used in its construction. If Grand Central Station were a nuclear power plant, it would be shut down for exceeding the maximum allowable annual dose of radiation for employees.