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TIL the only active ship in the US Navy that has sunk an enemy ship is the USS Constitution built in 1797

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bX1E TIL The Ebola virus wiped out 70 to 95% of the 20,000 gorillas in Congo’s d'Odzala national park between 2003 and 2005
W7pr9 TIL about Josiah Harlan, an American traveler who raised an army in Afghanistan 1830s with the intent of becoming a king. He led his followers on various campaigns against slaveholding princes and after returning to the US attempted to be appointed a general in the Civil War against the Confederacy.
epjAg TIL Under pressure from catholic circles, laws against the exploitation of Native Americans in the colonies were in place as early as 1512, and eventually the Pope entirely outlawed their enslavement, which produced an even more pro-native set of laws. They were largely ignored/opposed by settlers
d8wD8 TIL Bela Lugosi, famous for his portrayal of Count Dracula in the 1931 film, and other horror movies, was buried in full Dracula costume, cape and all.
wL7Oo TIL that there is a unit of risk called micromort, which is defined as one-in-a-million chance of death.