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TIL Olympic gold medalists Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky are the sponsors of USS Enterprise (CVN-80), and are technically considered permanent members of the ships crew.

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W6RY TIL that US President Andrew Jackson, who now appears on the $20 bill, thought that paper money was inherently evil.
X04gQ TIL Hawaii is the best place on earth to see rainbows. There are words for Earth-clinging rainbows (uakoko), standing rainbow shafts (kāhili), barely visible rainbows (punakea), and moonbows (ānuenue kau pō). The rainbow is seen as a symbol of transformation and a pathway between Earth and Heaven.
YpmMW TIL Female kangaroos clean their pouches by licking them out. “She is able to push her long snout in to clean it effectively, removing the urine and feces of the young joey by using her tongue,”
R57eQ TIL Palm trees are only classified as trees once they surpass 20 feet in height.
xVxB TIL: There is a cave full of MASSIVE CRYSTALS 304 meters underneath Mexico. Seriously “Journey To The Centre Of The Earth” style.