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TIL that during WWII, the British considered building aircraft carriers out of ice. The project, called Project Habakkuk, aimed to create massive, unsinkable carriers from a special mixture of ice and wood pulp called Pykrete.

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xV4Do TIL during the 16th century there formed a group of Astral Projecting Werewolves who fight witches in Hell 4 times a year for God.
kJjeB TIL that a bodega cat (also known as a deli cat, store cat, shop cat, the manager, or the boss) is a type of working cat that inhabits a bodega, which in New York City English refers to a convenience store or deli. They control rodents and other pests.
aV5o TIL That diamonds were not originally mined, They were actually found alongside or at the bottom of rivers in India.
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aXZb TIL that people lived in caves in Scotland until 100 years ago when it was outlawed