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TIL that the hulls of the famous first "six frigates" of the US Navy were constructed from the wood of the American live oak, a species unique to the northeastern United States with timber so dense that "a nail driven into it was nearly impossible to extract".

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D194g TIL in Starship Troopers movie, one of the specimen in the crowd of bugs gets claustrophobic and freaks out flailing back and forth like he’s having a little seizure. The rendering system put it in the prominent position of the screen, Verhoeven saw an early version of the shot and loved it
nerpW TIL France lost more soldiers in WW1 than the US has in its entire military history
0XJv TIL that an estimated over 10 million people protested the war in Iraq in February of 2003, making it the largest protest ever.
9oZQ TIL Louisiana is the prison capital of the world. Louisiana’s incarceration rate is nearly five times Iran’s, 13 times China’s, 20 times Germany’s and is the only US state with an annual average murder rate over twice the national average.
78OmM TIL Cass Elliot died in Harry Nilsson's apartment, and four years later Keith Moon died in the same room