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TIL that the US Navy had the largest naval fleet in history with 6768 ships at the end of World War II

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neYyo TIL about 1700 people in a three-village community in Central Italy that speak a nearly extinct Slavic language.
WknEo TIL the 1959 movie Some Like It Hot featured LQBTQ themes, including cross dressing, and as a result was produced without approval from the Hays Code, a popular set of self-censorship guidelines used for decades in Hollywood. The success of the film is one of the reasons behind its abandonment.
XPEk TIL that in 2009 a Belgian bodybuilding championship was canceled after doping officials arrived unannounced and all the competitors fled
ZgGY TIL that more than 900 workers have already died building Qatar’s World Cup infrastructure. The International Trade Union Confederation says that if conditions don’t improve, at least 4,000 migrants will die before kick-off.
XEb6D TIL Samsung Uses Robots Shaped Like Butts To Bend-Test Its Phones