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TIL the US has had four presidential yachts in its history

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wPY1 TIL an MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort,” possibly eliminating the need for central heating and cooling.
xpww TIL that “Three days after Hurricane Katrina struck, authorities blocked the road that connects the city of Gretna to New Orleans. Thousands of evacuees say they were prevented from escaping the flooding and chaos, and that shots were fired over their heads.”
Xvmr TIL the Euro currency was designed featuring imagery of fictitious bridges to represent architectural stylings throughout time in Europe, also serving to not feature one country while discriminating others. The Netherlands then built the bridges anyways
4XKrX TIL that in the 1950s, rocket designer Wernher von Braun and NASA collaborated multiple times with Walt Disney to create several space-themed television shows and help influence public perception of space exploration
BrJrL TIL MMA fighter Ronda Rousey is of English, Polish, Trinidadian & Venezuelan descent. Her Trinidadian great-grandfather was one of the first black doctors in Canada & her English-American mother holds a PhD & won the World Judo Championship in 1984.