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KYvM6 TIL that the Guinness Book of World Records and Guinness Breweries are the same Guinness.
pYZQb TIL that the last ship the legendary American frigate USS Constitution ever captured was an illegal slave ship named H. N. Gambrill. The 1853 seizing occurred while Constitution was serving as flagship of the United States Navy's anti-slave trading Africa Squadron.
4kn5o TIL that when Gallup conducted a survey in 1944 asking Americans "What do you think we should do with Japan after the war?" 13% favored "Killing off" all the Japanese, 33% thought it should be split up or destroyed while the rest favored either supervision or rehabilitation.
LQgkQ TIL that the Umayyad Caliphate destroyed Carthage in 698 AD after conquering the city from the Romans/Byzantines. This last destruction of Carthage put a permanent end to Roman Africa.
8axm4 TIL that Zog I of Albania reportedly had 600 blood feuds declared against him, survived 55 assassination attempts, and was helped to escape Nazi-occupied France by Ian Fleming (the creator of James Bond).