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TIL during WW2, the US Navy had two freshwater aircraft carriers on the Great Lakes to train its pilots

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N758Q TIL research suggests playing Tetris can give a “quick and manageable" fix for people struggling to stick to diets, or quit smoking or drinking.
D1bee TIL Jerry Seinfeld's association to the phrase "What's The Deal With.." was caused by an SNL sketch he was in mocking Observational Comedians that always say the phrase before a joke. Seinfeld himself rarely said the phrase in his shows and in all 180 episodes of his series he only said it 4 times.
GYwoE TIL of Kinsley a small town in Kansas that's 1,561 miles (2,512 km) away from both New York City and San Francisco
a0d0 TIL that the 2012 Olympics had the biggest military buildup in London Since World War II.
x6aLk TIL that some victims of the Hammond Circus Train Wreck 1918 were so badly burned, that they were wrongly thought to be African-American train porters.