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

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9YZMX TIL Davy Crockett was more than just a folk hero, soldier and frontiersman. He was a soldier and a politician who who was elected to the House of Representatives in 1827, for Tennessee, and was vehemently opposed to Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act.
6QO7 TIL there is a girl named Zara Hartshorn who suffers from a rare disease called lipodystrophy. She is only 15 but looks like she is in her 40s or 50s.
XpY8 TIL that President James K. Polk’s last words were addressed to his wife, and he said, “I love you, Sarah. For all eternity, I love you.”
yQLZV TIL that breastfeeding allows a baby to give germs to mothers so that her immune system can respond and can synthesize antibodies for her baby.
ndaG TIL Edmund McIlhenny, inventor of Tabasco sauce, did not consider his sauce to be a major accomplishment and made no mention of it in his autobiography toward the end of his life, nor was it mentioned in his obituary.