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TIL the British Navy battled the French Navy in WWII.

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NXg5M TIL there's a Hollywood movie coming out in 2023 about a bear who eats 88 pounds of cocaine with big names attached to it.
9O4Q TIL in 2000, a study was done in which 20 healthy non-depressed volunteers were given the SSRI antidepressant Zoloft (Sertraline). Two weeks into the study two volunteers became dangerously suicidal.
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yVkwM TIL that according to Guinness World Records, the largest church in the world is not Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. Instead, it is the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in the Ivory Coast, which measures 30,000 square metres (320,000 sq ft) in area.