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TIL North Dakota’s Tourism Slogan is “Hello”

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J1yRQ TIL the largest most powerful ship in the Russian navy in WW2 was an old British battleship renamed as Arkhangelsk (formerly HMS Royal Sovereign)
nWnNG TIL that egg donors are often mislead about the dangers of the procedure because the industry is so lucrative. Reported long-term effects include "aggressive breast cancer, loss of fertility, and fatal colon cancer."
RAo8 TIL Alan Alda is the only actor to appear in all 251 episodes of the long-running series MAS*H. He commuted from Los Angeles to his home in New Jersey, where his wife and daughters lived, every weekend for the 11-year-run of the show, because he didn’t know how long the show would last.
1aJr TIL Because of his left-wing political beliefs, the U.S. Army denied Einstein the security clearances he needed to be a part of the Manhattan Project.
yVkJ8 TIL there has been one member of the US Congress that was born into royalty. Prince Jonah Kuhio was Hawaiian nobility before the territory was annexed and he served in the House of Reps from 1903-1922. Happy Prince Kuhio Day / 152nd Bday!