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TIL Thailand operates the world's smallest aircraft carrier. It has no jets since 2006, only sails for training one day a month and when at port it's open as a tourist attraction.

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AB77 TIL hacker Samy Kamkar created a Myspace virus, which made anyone that looked at his profile automatically become his Myspace friend. It spread at a rate of 1000 accounts becoming his friend every second, resulting in over 1 million friends. Samy was raided by the Secret Service and got probation.
b0ej TIL in two studies, subjects induced to exchange mutual unbroken gaze for 2 min with a stranger of the opposite sex reported increased feelings of passionate love for each other.
l75V7 TIL the "blue raspberry" flavor is actually just a artificial raspberry flavoring. The widespread practice of coloring it blue is attributed to the ICEE brand, which wanted its signature flavors, including red cherry, to match its logo.
1aYkX TIL that in the 60s, the Dutch were so frustrated with the government's monopoly on TV that they built an artificial island in the North Sea to transmit uncensored television. Eventually, the Netherlands legally expanded its maritime claim and the military raided the island by air.
XE5oj TIL about the whistling language called Sylbo. Native to the Canary Islands, Sylbo is thousands of years old and developed as a means for inhabitants of La Gomera to communicate across deep ravines and narrow valleys.