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TIL that the US Navy owns a ship named USS Chancellorsville, which is literally named after a battle that the US lost.

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7814p TIL- Pocahontas had one son with her second husband John Rolfe. That son, had one daughter named Jane Rolfe. In 1887, a book was published that found that Pocahontas had thousands of descendants. That number has more recently been updated to reveal over 30,000 named descendants.
rNGox TIL In 1762, John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, invented the meal that changed dining forever. As the story goes, he was playing cards and did not want to leave the gaming table to eat. He asked for a serving of roast beef to be placed between two slices of bread so he could eat with his hands.
oBPDA TIL that in the live-action movie "Scooby-Doo: The Movie", Tim Curry was originally supposed to play Scooby. He read the script and declined the roll because Scrappy-Doo was going to be in the movie.
GYAE4 TIL:That the oldest women in the world(now deceased) Jeanne Calment was "discovered" when she spoke in a documentary about meeting Vincent Van Gogh.
W7QwA TIL there is still a working cinema lit by gas. hyde park cinema, Leeds, uk