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TIL of the "Pioneering Spirit", the world's largest ship (by gross tonnage)

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JNx4 TIL in 2010 a Xbox Live user was banned because he declared Fort Gay as his Hometown. Microsoft apologised later, because the place is real.
054j TIL There’s a National Eagle Repository in Colorado, where bald and golden eagles found dead are sent, and then have their parts redistributed to Native American tribes for ceremonial purposes
W799X Today I learned that looking at the rocks lower left of the famous portrait depicting Napoléon's crossing of the Alps by Jacques-Louis David, it is seen that the names of Hannibal and Charlemagne, who had previously crossed the Alps, were engraved.
xWD0 TIL that R&B singer Akon founded a solar energy company in Africa. The company employs 5000 people recently closed a $1B credit line.
x960 TIL Facebook turns over critical evidence in murder and rape cases to law enforcement, but won’t do the same for defense attorneys.