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TIL The Greek Navy maintains a fully operational replica of an ancient Trireme, the HS Olympias

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9Yeb6 TIL At the height of their popularity in the 1990's baseball card manufacturers produced an estimated 81 BILLION cards per year. That's about 325 cards per every man, woman, and child in the United States.
Lknav TIL that Teddy Roosevelt enjoyed boxing while president. His sparring partner punched him so hard he lost vision in his eye for the rest of his life. Roosevelt never told the other man what had happened.
P6XG TIL in the 3rd grade LeVar Burton excelled at reading and was regularly left in charge of his class while teacher made herself a cup of tea. He would read aloud to his fellow classmates until his teacher returned.
MegMB TIL that Magellan did not actually complete his circumnavigation of the globe. He died in the Philippines and the voyage was completed by Juan Sebastian Elcano
OGQ84 TIL the piano part in BTO's "Taking' Care of Business" was peformed by a pizza delivery guy who happened to be in the studio.