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TIL there are aircraft carriers powered by nuclear reactors.

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4k6xg TIL that the song "Welcome Christmas" from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" is a partially translated hymn from an isolated village in northern Norway called Hu, which Whoville is based on.
n1kP TIL the San Marino national football team have played over 120 competative matches in their history and won 0 of them
d8MOE TIL When the Vikings made it to Constantinople during the 9th century AD, some of them carved their names in runic inscriptions inside Hagia Sophia - still visible to this day.
OG6Ke TIL, OSINT - Gathering Intel from Public Sources, from usernames, emails, phone numbers, the same method CIA and FBI use to track people down.
98M TIL Yale researchers have stated that ketamine - a “party drug” often found at raves - is a “magic drug” for treating severe depression. Unlike other antidepressants, its effects take hold within hours rather than weeks.