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TIL of the N.S Savannah. A nuclear powered passenger/cargo ship built in 1961, that was intended to showcase to the world an example of the peaceful uses of nuclear power.

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QJLxX TIL that risking Court Martial, Pilot Gail Halvorsen, made parachutes out of hankies to drop chocolate bars to German children during the Berlin Airlift. This eventually led to Operation Little Vittles which dropped more than 23 tons of candy to the children of a besieged West Berlin.
oR4xW TIL Crush Syndrome happens when the human body experiences severe skeletal muscle trauma under constant pressure for a long time resulting in shock and kidney failure; an example is a human trapped under a building in an earthquake.
m15NO TIL the post office allows cremated human remains to be mailed by priority mail, and in some cases internationally, with a special label. They also have a specification publication on how to pack the box.
Opva TIL that during the early 1990s, serial killer Joseph Metheny owned a burger stand located in Baltimore, Maryland. After his arrest in 1996, he claimed he had fed his customers the flesh of at least 3 human beings.
R16l TIL That notorious mobster James “Whitey” Bulger actually hated the nickname “Whitey” and, instead, preferred to be called “Boots”