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TIL that dueling is still technically legal in Texas, because mutual consent is a defense against assault.

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PYwGe TIL Someone in the distant past took a poop in a cave, and then 14,000 years later scientists in an advanced civilization are now fawning all over that piece of poop, making it perhaps one of the most valuable pieces of poop in history.
newG9 TIL Ocean Sunfish (Mola Mola fish) are one of the largest bony fish and can weigh up to 5,000lbs
7rWZr TIL: WWII - In 1944, the American military attaché in Bern warned the Swiss foreign minister, Marcel Pilet-Golaz, that the mistreatment inflicted on US aviators could lead to “navigation errors” during bombing raids over Germany.
GYBGj TIL of the USS New York, a ship in the US Navy forged partially from steel that was salvaged from the World Trade Center after it was destroyed in 9/11. The ship's motto is "Strength forged through sacrifice. Never forget."
jNA8a TIL that the Queen christened the British Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth with a bottle of single malt Scotch whisky from the Bowmore distillery on the island of Islay instead of champagne because the ship had been built and launched in Scotland.