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TIL The Commanding Officer of the Newly-Commissioned USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is Captain James Kirk

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Zp7dD TIL of Tetragametic Chimerism, which occurs when a woman is pregnant with twins and one embryo dies, and the other embryo absorbs the twin's cells. Also it's potential impact on DNA tests, which lead to Lydia Fairchild being accused of fraud and not being the biological mother of her children.
yVDne TIL that during WWI, the U.S. Army recruited bilingual women, nicknamed the "Hello Girls", to operate military switchboards near the front lines, ensuring rapid and accurate communication in both English and French.
J1g6l TIL that there is evidence that Neanderthals may have been a seafaring people, sailing from the mainland to the island of Crete 130,000 years ago.
0wdk1 TIL that William Adams, an English navigator during the 1600's, became the first of his nation to reach Japan, and was recognized as one of the first ever Western samurai.
KOnxJ TIL that king George I once organized a concert on the river Thames. He hired G. F. Handel and the result was 'water music', a collection of 3 suites. It was played by 50 performers sailing from Whitehall to Chelsea on a barge. The king liked the composition so much that he asked for 3 encores.