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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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BPGD TIL Tim Mcllrath, the lead singer of the band Rise Against, originally wanted their future hit single “savior” cut from the album. He was overruled and the song currently holds the record for for longest time spent on the billboard alternative songs chart at 65 weeks.
j6eLX TIL about the International Geophysical Year, a scientific project that marked the renewal of scientific interchange between the East and West during the Cold War. The first successful artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched for the event.
jN6ma TIL that it is not possible to resign from the UK Parliament. To "resign", a Member requests that the Queen appoint him/her as "Royal Steward" of a manor (with no duties or pay). Working for Queen while serving in Parliament is illegal, and so by doing this, the Member is ejected from Parliament.
16Rr TIL that during the Siege of Leningrad in WWII, extreme famine led to cannibalistic gangs of Russian civilians that devoured defenseless people. Cannibalism became so prominent that a special division of the Leningrad police force was created to combat it
PYeQG TIL 14 year old Nathan Zohner got 43 out of 50 of his classmates to vote on banning Dihydrogen Monoxide for his science fair project, wanting to prove the use of true facts can lead the ignorant public to false conclusions. He won first price.