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TIL New Zealand was the last Navy in the world to stop the traditional midday rum ration.

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wod4J TIL the Constellation Aquila - which represents the bird that carries Zeus' thunderbolts - has had 10 Novas in the 100 years between 1899 and 1999
mx7VM TIL that George Carlin used to smoke pot while he was in the Air force and was court-martialed 3 times
evMn TIL trains are terrible at going uphill. The steepest incline in England is 1.5° and trains need additional engines pushing in the back to help climb it.
neV5r TIL a guy made $1,000,000 by selling each pixel on a 1000 x 1000 pixel web page for $1 a pixel. The Million Dollar Homepage was created in 2005 to raise money for his university fees. The inventor went on to create a company today valued at $250m.
pYEMG TIL that recent studies in the United States have shown that currently, fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) ranges from six to nine cases per 1000. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) range from 24 to 48 cases per 1000.