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TIL North Korea is the only nation to currently have a US Navy ship captured.

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kOxYe TIL doctors' illegible handwriting kills more than 7,000 people a year.
4XGVw Til: The vast majority(79-91% depending on sources) of plastic has never been recycled, and plastic recycling is largely a marketing ploy to ease public perception of plastic producing companies
4NNa TIL That the Egyptian tomb of Psusennes I was found completely intact and had treasures that rivaled the treasures found at Tutankhamen’s tomb, but almost nobody heard about the discovery because of WWII. I give you “The Silver Pharaoh of Egypt”
v1618 TIL TNT is not dynamite. They are actually very different. Dynamite is stabilized nitroglycerin, while TNT is short for its chemical name, trinitrotoluene. TNT was first used as an explosive in 1891. Dynamite was patented in 1867.
Am6w TIL Michael Jackson did actually star in the Simpsons episode “Stark Raving Dad” but DIDN’T actually sing any of the songs due to contractual reasons with Sony.