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TIL It took four weeks to scuttle USS America, the Only supercarrier ever sunk

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KYA16 TIL Every year Street Vision provides training in photography, documentary skills for over 30 young people living on streets. In 2005, 13 children from the beginners’ photography course graduated. All 13 found stable jobs with photo studios in the city
ybMp TIL that the 442nd Infantry Regiment, composed almost entirely of Japanese-Americans whose families were interned, became the most decorated unit in the history of the US army during World War II.
pvaO TIL that JJ Thompson won the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering that electrons act as particles, while his son GP Thompson won the Nobel Prize for discovering that electrons act as waves.
Ejbx TIL of the Abilene paradox, where a group of people collectively agree to a decision that many (or all) of the group do not agree with individually but do it so they don’t “rock the boat” and cause conflict
gr17y TIL the Night Stalker killed Peter Pan. His 16th victim.