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TIL that the USS Gerald R Ford, America's newest aircraft carrier - and the world's largest - doesn't have any urinals because every bathroom is gender neutral

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78nRM TIL that hippos cannot swim. Their bodies are too dense and sink to the bottom, which they run along.
dLpQ TIL on June 29, 1995, a department store in Seoul, Korea collapsed, killing 500 people. During construction, the owner insisted on adding an unauthorized 6th floor with a swimming pool. When his engineers protested, they were fired.
69Q8J TIL that the writers on Futurama created and proved a new mathematical theorem as a plot point for a body-switching episode.
Oo8wR TIL about Riccardo Bertani, an Italian farmer. Being the most proficient polyglot ever, he left the studies after elementary school and taught himself more than 100 languages.
yQWJw TIL European dragons are mostly featured as evil creatures, greedily hoarding gold, breathing fire on innocents, leaving a path of destruction in its wake. Asian dragons, however, are benevolent creatures, bringing good luck and prosperity wherever it goes.