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TIL: Rust kills more people on ships than fire or flood

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D1eAP TIL that the USS Constitution, a wooden frigate first launched in 1797 and still active for ceremonial and educational purposes, is the only active ship in the U.S. Navy fleet to have sunk an enemy vessel in combat.
px6A TIL that Hitler wasn’t the only Führer of Nazi Germany. After his suicide, the second Führer was former Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda Joseph Goebbels from 30 April-1 May 45 (Goebbels’ suicide). The last Führer was Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk from 1 May-27 May 1945.
DQG4V TIL that Stanley Kubrick had a full-size replica of the Overlook Hotel's Colorado Lounge built on a soundstage in England for The Shining (1980) and intentionally designed it with impossible architecture and spatial inconsistencies to subtly unnerve the audience
nDOo TIL there is a man wandering through the Amazon rainforest thought to be the last member of his tribe. No one knows his language or what tribe he belonged to.
rmvW TIL that a HD Cable/DVR box uses more power than a refrigerator.