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TIL a Louis XIV naval shipyard built a 40 canon vessel in 7 hours only, on 13 July 1679

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6jrX TIL German Chocolate Cake was made by a Englishman Named German.
JY4jk TIL of a shipwreck in the River Thames of London that is full of explosives that if detonated could cause a tsunami
5lB8 til in 2005, Denver took people’s dogs and euthanized them if them they resembled a pit bull
XEryj TIL oily rags can spontaneously self-ignite because the oil reacts with oxygen in a reaction to produce heat, and a bunched up cloth can trap the heat enough to reach ignition temperatures.
160g7 TIL the 11-pointed foundation of the Statue of Liberty is actually a coastal defense fort (Fort Wood) that predates the rest of the pedestal by 73 years.