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TIL the largest shipwreck fleet in the Western Hemisphere is in a river in Maryland.

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e4R5 TIL Boeing didn’t pay any taxes between 2008-2010 despite making $9.8b in profits, instead receiving tax rebates of $178m, laying off 14,862 workers, and increasing executive pay by 31%.
0pmy TIL Yale has a rare book and manuscript library with “windows” of translucent marble to prevent the books from being exposed to direct sunlight
j6n9E TIL of Prince Alemayehu, an Ethiopian prince who was taken by British soldiers back to England after they attacked Ethiopia in 1868. Queen Victoria ensured he received an excellent education in England, but he died of pleurisy at just 18.
e0lgg TIL that the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta Braves are the two oldest teams in major league baseball, both having been founded the same year as the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
10ZO TIL The top 3 deadliest lone wolf shootings did not occur in the US, but actually occured in Korea, Norway, and Australia. The third most deadly shooting was by a mentally handicapped heir to a small fortune, who used an AR-15 to attack a former prison colony in Port Arthur, Australia.