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6wA8 TIL of the Mallows Bay ghost fleet, a massive group of US WWI ships intentionally sunk in the Potomac River, about an hour’s drive from Washington, DC. Along with other wrecks in the immediate area, some 200 ships dating back to the Revolutionary War can be found there, many visible from the shore.
dDEBE TIL according to National Parks Authority data, Grand Canyon National Park had the most search and rescue (SAR) incidents between 2018-2020 with 785. And Mount Rainier National Park has the most open SAR incidents with 101, followed by Blue Ridge Parkway's 28.
Ny7e TIL I learned that Chattanooga’s taxpayer-owned internet is 50 times faster than the average American’s, and as fast as Hong Kong’s, the fastest in the world
epMpk TIL that the birds we call Penguins today are not actually penguins at all but another species of bird that was named after them because of their looks and their are no true penguins alive today.
neZ7W TIL baseball has a “golden ticket” that gives free admission to any game. It’s given to players after 8 years in the major leagues, people who have worked for a team for 25 years, and other VIPs. NASA astronauts, returning Vietnam POWs, and the the 1979 hostages in Iran were all given one.