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TIL “The 15 largest ships pollute as much as all the cars in the world.”

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a6QL TIL Ex-Wife of Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela, has been accused of murder, torture, bribery, embezzlement and kidnapping, including that of a 14 yr old boy.
x6bmD TIL that George Dantzig in 1939, misunderstanding as his Homework, solved two of the most famous unsolved problems in Statistics.
b69aj TIL the Citadelle Laferrière is the largest military fortress in the Caribbean. Its gray walls are as thick as 16 feet and as high as 147 feet and was outfitted with more than 365 cannons. Since its construction, the fortress has withstood numerous earthquakes, though a French attack never came.
9wNvQ TIL there is a partially underwater prison near the capital of Estonia that is a popular diving spot. The lake under which it is submerged was the quarry where the prisoners worked when the prison was operational. When it was abandoned the groundwater submerged it.
BrKge TIL Mozart sold the most CDs in 2016, beating out Adele, Drake, and Beyoncé, even though all of those artists had Grammy-winning hits that year.