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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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1dK7 TIL that Helium is named after the greek god Helios because the first evidence of it’s existence was found not on earth but in the sun during a solar eclipse in 1868. It was not formally identified on earth until 1895.
d8LPj TIL that Ulysses S. Grant went on a post-presidency world tour from 1877-79. He was received quite well, often greeting cheering crowds, being offered gifts, and meeting various heads-of-state. He even acted as an unofficial diplomat in some cases, such as a land dispute between China and Japan.
o6Yr TIL Gargoyles are designed to spout water; though often called gargoyles, other statues on gothic buildings are properly called chimeras or grotesques.
ZeMo TIL that Seth MacFarlane was only 24 when Family Guy was first aired on TV. which makes him the youngest executive producer in history
R7Rgw TIL that the land in Finland is rising faster in the coastline than further East, causing rivers to tilt and flood towns, since the rivers flow from the east to the coast