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TIL there is a floating prison in America

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We7L TIL a light bulb manufactured in the 1890’s has been in almost nonstop use since 1901
awN0N TIL the sailfish is considered by scientists to be the fastest swimming marine creature in the world, though not all experts agree. This fish has been clocked travelling in excess of 68 mph.
8ePAV TIL someone (a stuntman) was killed on the set of the third installment of 'The Crow' (titled 'Stairway to Heaven') as well.
pYQXA TIL About the Epirus Leonidas, a directed microwave energy weapon, originally designed to act as air defence from drone swarms, but is so effective it can stop vehicles and boats as well by knocking out their engines.
xVvG0 TIL that Steve Jobs often went to his biological father's Mediterranean restaurant in San Jose and even shook his hand. At the time, his dad didn't know that Jobs was the baby he gave away for adoption, and Jobs didn't know that he was his father.