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

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5Vxr9 TIL the amount of time between the first settlement of New Zealand by the indigenous Māori and their first contact with Europeans is shorter than the time between their first contact with Europeans and the present day. New Zealand was unoccupied by humans until 1320.
R74EQ TIL smelly socks are so effective at attracting mosquitos, that its use has been explored for mosquito control in places where malaria is prevalent.
rRBXW TIL That fetuses have been known to masturbate in utero. In 1987, Dr. Israel Meizner published a paper on his observations of a fetus appearing to masturbate over the course of 15 minutes.
b6PQZ TIL that Catherine Parr was 31 years old and twice widowed when she married 52-year-old King Henry VIII in 1543. Three years later, she became a widow for the third time. A few years after Henry’s death, she married Thomas Seymour, the brother of Henry’s third wife.
ENpp TIL that the King family does not believe James Earl Ray was responsible for the assassination of MLK, and that King’s wife won a civil suit that implied government involvement.