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TIL: The Japanese battleship Mikasa is the last pre dreadnought battleship. Built in the 1890s, it fought numerous battles. During the Battle of Tsushima, it fired 124 shells and was hit 40 times. After WW2, the Americans turned it into Club Mikasa, a nightclub for American servicemen.

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