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TIL the Navy built a 300-foot ice cream barge in WW2 that made 10 gallons every 7 minutes to boost morale in the Pacific.

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dgxK TIL Australia has historical records dating back 10,000 that accurately convey the disappearance and reappearance of islands with the raising and lowering of ocean levels
0oAM TIL An Irish woman died in 2008 after voluntarily having sex with a dog. The exact cause of death is unclear, although it was speculated that an allergic reaction to dogs might have been the cause.
QJPY6 TIL Regular drinking lowers the levels of serotonin in your brain, the chemical which helps to regulate your mood, and the correlation is that those who experience anxiety or depression are twice as likely to be heavy drinkers.
VjGm TIL that in 1856 a school master strangled a student for stepping on his tame parrot. Afterwards the boy’s father went to the school and shot the schoolmaster dead.
MZw8 TIL Bernard Noble was sentenced to and is currently serving 13-40 years in prison for 2 joints (strike 3 conviction).