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TIL that Blackie the ship's cat on the HMS Prince of Wales survived the sinking of the vessel that claimed 327 lives

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1aRdV TIL there is evidence the vikings were rather literate. Artifacts found often have their owner's name on them, or descriptions of the item. One item found had written on it "I am a comb".
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.
PYprZ TIL: Robert Fortune was a Scottish man who infiltrated the Chinese tea industry in the 19th century, eventually smuggling out tea plants and revealing that the Chinese had been dying their tea with hazardous dyes, effectively ended the Chinese tea industry at the time.
XEb0P TIL that from 1983 to 1987, the two members of the US House of Representatives from Maine, John McKernan and Olympia Snowe, were boyfriend and girlfriend. They later married after McKernan was elected Governor.
WkmDY TIL Before the legendary roles of Uncle Phil and Shredder, James Avery served in the US Navy and fought in the Vietnam War in '68-'69.