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TIL that the 334 survivors of the USS Arizona sinking can choose to be buried on board the ship--and several dozen have done so.

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5VVBR TIL Maya Angelou was a sex worker in her early adult life
a87Ey TIL Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, despite being 6'4", had a voice that was described as “a thin tenor, or rather falsetto, voice, almost as high-pitched as a boatswain's whistle.”
b9K09 TIL female shrimp get one or two eyes removed to increase reproduction- it’s called eyestalk ablation
Vgap TIL: A tiger’s roar has a frequency that is silent to human ears but can paralyze its prey because it is so low and loud.
Py0w TIL in 2005 Mark Zuckerberg gave a guest lecture in Harvard’s CS50 to a nearly empty lecture hall