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TIL The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier can operate for 20 years without refueling

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vPlyj TIL about the Louvre doll, an ancient hex doll found in Roman Egypt and dated to the 3rd-4th century CE. It was pierced with multiple pins and was found with a love spell.
dQrZ TIL 40% of Rome’s population was slaves, imported from France or Germany, indistinguishable from the regular Italian. Some senators wanted to identify them with stars. Seneca replied, “If they knew how many of us there were compared to them, we would be in danger.”
8aJQa TIL the man responsible for cookies is Lou Montulli. He developed one of the earliest Web browsers, Lynx, in 1991, and was responsible for a variety of Web innovations including the blink tag, server push and client pull, and HTTP proxying.
0wOep TIL H-Alpha telescopes designed for the Sun shows surface granulation, movement on the Sun, and the prominences coming off the side. White light telescopes with filters can only show spots on the Sun, with very little granulation
a8jky TIL: The Titanic sinking was the 2nd sinking of a ship for the White Star Lines on her maiden voyage. The first was RMS Tayleur, a large and advanced sailship for the time.