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TIL that at the end of WWII, the Canadian Navy was the 3rd largest Navy in the world

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Do8j TIL to annoy his captors, an American POW in North Korea would pretend every day that he was riding around on an invisible motorcycle until eventually, his captors “confiscated” the motorcycle and stated that it was “against the rules and regulations.”
VMOEQ TIL inspired by the well-known “ghosting” phenomenon, “soft ghosting” is described as slowly breaking off communication with someone by “liking” their text messages, but offering no genuine response or continuation of a conversation
e0AQ4 TIL Halle Berry hated the movie Catwoman so much she showed up in person to accept her Razzie award. In her acceptance speech she said "I want to thank Warner Brothers. Thank you for putting me in a piece of shit god-awful movie." (Speech starts at 2:25)
0w7WM TIL that during the Povolzhye Famine of 1921-1922 in the USSR, the USA provided enough food to feed 10.5 million people a day, limiting the death toll to 5 million people
awaZA TIL after an obese umpire died during a game, Major League Baseball decided to enforce weight limits. In 1999 under this policy, umpire Eric Gregg was fined $5,000 for exceeding 300lbs.