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TIL: The acronym for the Navy's 'United States Fleet' was CINCUS (pronounced "sink us")

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kOQY7 TIL that a thumb between the index and middle finger (Fig Sign, also known as the "Got your nose!" hand) is a disused hand signal that means "sex" in Japanese.
GEPG TIL in 1969, a musician named Jim Sullivan recorded an album called “U.F.O.“, which featured strange lyrics about leaving his family and being abducted by aliens. Sullivan disappeared six years later without a trace, the only piece of evidence being his abandoned car found on a desert road.
6EEnX Short answer: It's complicated
b9ZN9 TIL that a US federal law, still in existence, permits any US citizen to take possession of any unclaimed island, anywhere in the world — as long as the island has deposits of bird poop on it.
9Ywnm TIL the dish "Spaghetti and Meatballs" is not at all Italian. It's 100% American.