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TIL US aircraft carriers are so large they each have their own designated zip code

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ANJEo TIL about the Echuya Batwa, a people native to Uganda's Impenetrable Forest. In 1991, they were evicted from their lands to make way for a nature reserve to protect the gorillas that live there. Today, they suffer from a life expectancy of only 28 and nearly half of all children don't live to five.
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