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TIL the last naval battle between battleships in history occurred in 1944

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9YoYQ TIL Gulliver's Travels by Swift was largely changed by others in later editions from the original biting satire to remove a lot of the satirical tone and make it more passable for the general public's consumption. It was basically changed from political satire to a children's book.
4XN7J TIL the National Trust implores us to stop urinating in a toilet, in order to save the water used in flushing, and instead wee onto compost heaps, which speeds up the chemical process of decomposition, making it a better fertiliser to grow vegetables and save even more energy in reducing food miles.
nWnEb TIL pepperoni is an entirely American invention, first made in New York City in the late 1910s.
4kgpg TIL about the Charter of the Forest of 1217, an English charter which re-established for free men rights of access to the royal forest that had been eroded by King William the Conqueror and his heirs. It remained in force for 754 years, being superseded only in 1971
4koao TIL almost 75 percent of the refrigeration and air conditioning sector can be converted to natural refrigerants, such as ammonia