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TIL that Greece has the largest merchant navy in the world, beating even the US, UK, Japan, etc.

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8epmV TIL, that because Mars father is Jupiter and Jupiters father is Saturn, Johann Bode proposed that the 7th planet should be named after Jupiters father. Bode was unaware of the fact that Uranus was the greek and not roman god. There are now 6 planets named after roman gods and 1 named after a greek.
1doP TIL Colby Nolan, a cat, was granted an MBA from Trinity Southern University of Texas in 2004 as part of an investigation to uncover the school as a diploma mill
WkKnd TIL Pineapples are multiple fruits.
BgyYD TIL of holoprosencephaly - a disorder in which forebrain of the embryo fails to develop into two hemispheres, caused by mutations in the gene encoding the Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) protein
re1 TIL that Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog was filmed in only 6 days!