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TIL that there was a submarine named the USS Kamehameha.

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epDaJ TIL about Godwin's law that states that as an online discussion grows longer (regardless of topic or scope) the probability of a comparison to Nazis approaches.
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7n7Z TIL that the Mayan god of wind and storms was called Jun Raqan, pronounced “Huracan”, hence the word “Hurricane”.
8evoV TIL that a community of dwarfs in Ecuador are practically immune to cancer and diabetes because of their unique genes.
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