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TIL there are aircraft carriers powered by nuclear reactors.
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TIL the character of “Phoebe” from Friends is based on the waitress Ursula from “Mad About You.” The producers liked Lisa Kudrow so much they made Phoebe a more humorous version of Ursula and decided they would be twins.
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TIL Tolkien did not want the third LOTR publication to be called ‘Return of the King’, as he felt it revealed too much of the story. This title was chosen by the publisher.
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TIL in Saudi Arabia there is a “religious police” created to enforce Sharia law. In 2009, the they created and formalized a special “Anti-Witchcraft Unit” to “educate the public about the evils of sorcery”.
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TIL Helly Juell Hansen was a Norwegian captain that first produced clothes in 1877 to protect his crew against the harsh Nordic weather. His revolutionary new product infused linseed oil into cotton fabric. 141 years later, in 2018 the company was sold to Canadian Tire for $985 million.
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TIL American Evangelicals help fund violent anti-gay movement in Uganda