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TIL The United States currently has 19 commissioned aircraft carriers. The rest of the world combined also has 19 commissioned aircraft carriers.

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9YYPQ TIL that in 2014, Assyriology specialist Dr Irving Finkel translated a cuneiform tablet that predates the Bible, which described a flood, much like the story of Noah. However, this story described the ark not as oblong, but round in shape.
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