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TIL that the author of World War Z went on to write officially licensed Minecraft novels

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QJGnM TIL of El Mahrousa, the official presidential Super-Yacht of Egypt. It was built in 1863 by English engineers, it's the oldest yet still the 9th largest Yacht in the world. It has carried three Egyptian leaders into exile, ended a dynasty, and carried the Egyptian delegation to the 1979 peace talks
0wYDN TIL that “California here I come” is officially public domain.
nW47o TIL that Russia has 10 ‘nuclear cities’ which were kept a secret from even Russias population until 1993, no one was allowed in or out yet it had full functioning populations in.
R7dGj TIL that the real Patch Adams things depression is a pharmaceutical diagnosis that was invented for the companies to sell drugs.
EMa7 TIL During a slump in the minors, Mickey Mantle told his father “I don’t think I can play baseball anymore.” His father responded with “I thought I raised a man. I see I raised a coward instead. You can come back to Oklahoma and work the mines with me.” Mantle immediately broke out of his slump.