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TIL the U.S. Navy used side paddle wheel aircraft carriers during WWII.

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gMB4D TIL: 6 years after resigning, Nixon testified on behalf of former FBI assistant director Mark Felt at Felt's own trial, and gave money to Felt's defense fund. In 2005 Felt revealed he had been "Deep Throat", Bob Woodward's source while breaking the Watergate scandal that led to Nixon's resignation.
BryOe TIL George Washington died from cynanche trachealis, aka the croup, mainly due to over zealous Doctors. Washington feeling very sick asked his overseer, Albin Rawlins, to bleed him. Doctors bled him four more times over the next eight hours, with a total blood loss of 40% along with other remedies.
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