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TIL that in 1957, Congress voted to de-authorize Fossil Cycad National Monument in South Dakota because the site became devoid of fossils due to pillaging and they were no longer able to justify it's existence as a unit of the NPS.

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6ryW TIL that the only ship left in the US Navy that has sunk an enemy ship is 218 years old
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1aA5r TIL, all beer labels in the U.S. are approved by one man. No approval = no sale.
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