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TIL American Nimitz-class aircraft carriers can cruise continuously at maximum speed for 25 years before needing to be refueled.

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VBXgp TIL that oceanic life benefits by dumping iron into it. Not only in artificial reef habitat in but also as a food source to phytoplankton. Phytoplankton can drastically reduce our carbon levels and restore species numbers up the food chain.
ykbw TIL that in the 1924 Tour de France, riders used cocaine and chloroform as performance enhancing drugs.
rNwVx TIL Hawaii’s ecosystem has no seagulls
OoGn4 TIL that the inventor of Tootsie Rolls committed suicide and left a note that simply said, "I'm sorry, but I couldn't help it."
DPQp TIL there is Jewish Internet Defense Force or JIDF. They infiltrate Facebook and other social media sites to promote Israel and fight against anyone who criticizes it.