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TIL The US Navy has a fully simulated ocean that is 240 feet wide, 360 feet long, and holds over twelve million gallons of water.

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GYVQQ TIL John Belushi's drug dealer was charged with first degree murder for administering the injection that killed him, and later served 15 months in prison after pleading to involuntary manslaughter.
QNL56 TIL about Chen Tao, a Taiwanese UFO religion. In 1998, its leader predicted that God would appear on U.S. TV and perform miracles, but nothing happened and he later apologized and offered to be stoned or crucified. No one took up the offer.
8knG TIL Soviet Cosmonaut knew he was doomed before he reentered, and spent his final minutes crying in rage.
N4M8 TIL Peter the Great created The Council of Drunken Fools, whose sole job was to drink and party
V1lG TIL that the fastest supercomputer in 1976 ran at 80MHz and cost $80 million. Compare that to the cheapest (via http://bit.ly/14FE8Qf