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TIL there's lab rat breed known as a Zucker Rat.

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71NX TIL the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Carl Vinson can make 400,000 gallons of its own freshwater daily by desalinating surrounding saltwater
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YGBx TIL that in 1807 the British Navy put together the West Africa Squadron. Slaver hunters that chased down any slaver ships they could find crossing the Atlantic, and fining them up to £100 per slave on board. Slavers would often throw slaves overboard to avoid paying.
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