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TIL about the USS Mayflower - the only ship to serve in the Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, and the Israeli Navy.

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wolAM TIL that Roger Boisjoly was an engineer working at NASA in 1986 that predicted that the O-rings on the Challenger would fail and tried to abort the mission but nobody listened to him
1LE4 TIL that in 2010, Ghana doubled police salaries, in part to reduce petty corruption on its highways. However, researchers found that police officers actually demanded larger bribes after the salary increase, despite allowing more trucks to pass without taking bribes.
eOMk TIL George Lucas, for one dollar each, sold the rights of the original Star Wars trilogy to KUSC-FM, the public radio affiliate at his alma mater, to make a radio dramatization of the series.
oL9o TIL 72% of people get their creative insights in the shower.
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