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TIL Cmdr. Billie J. Farrell is the first woman in 224 years to command the U.S.S. Constitution. The oldest active Navy ship in the U.S.

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rRNGM Frozen in time, Franz Josef Land is one of the last lingering remnants of the truly wild Arctic. The remote and nearly uninhabited 192-island archipelago is renowned for its biodiversity, which includes polar bears, walruses, bowhead whales, belugas, and narwhals. The intensifying impact of climate change, however, nearly turned this serene environment deadly for National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Enric Sala and his crew.
Am87 TIL that Star Trek: The Next Generation’s original uniforms were one-piece jumpsuits, designed one size too small to stretch and look smooth on camera. They were painful to wear, and after Picard’s chiropractor warned that actors risked permanent injury, the show gave them two-piece uniforms.
oRPrr TIL in the 1950’s statues depicting Christopher Columbus making an indigenous woman flinch on one side and Davy Crockett arresting an indigenous man in front of his family on the other were taken down from the US capital
X0DyQ Til Boxing day in the UK has to do with a tradition of boxing up presents to give to the poor and has nothing to do with boxing the sport
XEy9X TIL the Canadian province of Saskatchewan is the world's largest producer of lentils; Canada produces 33% of the world total (and Saskatchewan has over 95% of the national total); the next country is India with 25% of the global production