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TIL, the US Navy retired its nuclear cruisers because it was cheaper than to refuel them

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NX0ZN TIL of Robert of St. Albans, an English Templar knight who converted to Islam in 1187 and led an army for Saladin against the Crusaders during the Battle of Hattin and in Jerusalem. Robert's conversion to Islam caused significant dismay among the Christians and sparked ill-will toward the Templars
R79j1 TIL The music to the Star-Spangled​ Banner is from a British drinking song called "To Anacreon in Heaven” By John Stafford Smith written in 1780
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