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TIL that the US Navy technically has 19 aircraft carriers but only counts 11

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NXjPQ TIL that in 1838, Edgar Allan Poe wrote a novel about four shipwreck survivors who, after drawing lots, eat a cabin boy named Richard Parker. Forty-six years later, a real ship sank, and the survivors—after drawing lots—ate a cabin boy named Richard Parker.
rR1Kd TIL that Candy Crush Saga had a daily revenue of $633,000 from the United States section of the iOS App Store alone.
8awoZ TIL that Roman gladiator fights were officiated by referees, and that one gladiator who died in combat even blamed the referee for his death on his tombstone, with the epitaph "Fate and the cunning treachery of [the referee] killed me."
QNrld TIL opossums and possums are two different types of animals, hence not interchangeable names
e0kJL TIL that in 1905 the Welsh rugby team responded to the traditional New Zealand pre-match haka by singing. Within seconds the 40,000 capacity crowd joined the players in song. The tradition of singing anthems before international fixtures had been invented.