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TIL The US Navy still operates wooden ships.

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w1l6 TIL King James IV put twin babies on an island to see if the children would speak the language of Eden. Children developed a communication method but the experiment failed because no one else knew what language of Eden sounded like.
BroLy TIL that a state in India called Uttar Pradesh, with area the size of Michigan, has a population of over 240 million.
b9klp TIL that during the official State opening of the English Parliament by the Queen, a ceremonial hostage politician is delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, to ensure the safe return of the Queen from Parliament. This dates back to time of Charles I in the 1600’s.
1ajAO TIL that the Empire State Building's opening coincided with the Great Depression in the United States, and as a result much of its office space was vacant from its opening. The lack of renters led New Yorkers to deride the building as the "Empty State Building".
ep4P6 TIL of Feodor Protar, "The Saint of Beaver Island". A European actor who came to a small island in Lake Michigan to seek enlightenment. However, he ended up becoming a doctor to the locals who lacked one, despite having no formal medical training. When he died, they built a tomb and monument for him