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TIL that the USS Acadia was the first US Navy ship to house a wartime mixed sex crew and was unofficially nicknamed ‘The Love Boat’ after 10% of all women on board became pregnant during deployment

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0w58A TIL that some whale vomit is used in perfumes, Is also worth a fair bit if u happen to stumble across it on a beach walk, Reedited
xVk0w TIL Russian GDP from 2013 to 2016 went from 2.2 trillion to 1.2 trillion, a larger decrease than the Great Depression in the U.S.
wLnEJ TIL in 1947, chess grandmaster Miguel Najdorf played a record 45 simultaneous games of blindfolded chess. He had no way of contacting any friends or family who might have survived the Holocaust, and broke the record in hopes they might see the news coverage. The record stood for 64 years.
v11wj TIL that in the English language, I.e means "that is" and e.g means " for example". ( In Latin I.e= Id est, e.g = exempli gratia)
6YwJ TIL that a common mormon belief is that Bigfoot is actually Cain, killer of Abel.