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TIL Civil War photographer Matthew Brady ended up destitute

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kONDB TIL the last remaining vessel of the German Imperial Navy is a passenger ferry which is still sailing around Lake Tanganyika. She was built in 1913, was converted into a warship for WWI, was scuttled in 1916, and then raised and salvaged in 1924 before being returned to service in 1927.
Br4k TIL That www.Whitehouse.com was a porn website until 2004.
4kEow TIL that the popular Springfield (Missouri) style cashew chicken dish was invented by a Chinese born chef who also among other achievements was part of the D-Day invasion.
YpAKv TIL that there were 2,500 bombings in the US during the 1970s. In one instance, a Puerto Rican group bombed a cinema, but when police ordered everyone to leave, the audience angrily refused because they wanted to see the movie. However, these bombings are largely forgotten today.
eOkg TIL in New Orleans, public defenders are handling the equivalent of almost 19,000 cases per year per attorney, which literally limits them to 7 minutes per case.