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TIL of the USS Yorktown. A US navy ship that was left "dead in the water" after a member of the crew accidentally tried to divide by 0 on it's computers. This caused many of the ship's computer systems to crash, including propulsion resulting in it needing towing back to port.

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GQ1j TIL that if economic losses reported by the media industry due to piracy are true, it would equal the entire American corn crop, fruit crop, wheat, cotton, tobacco, rice, and sorghum crops. Combined.
X0Adj TIL that writer Tommy Blacha (Metalocalypse, Late Night With Conan O'Brien) worked as creative director of WWE in 1999.
Wk7B8 TIL: When Don McLean was asked what the lyrics to the iconic song "American Pie" mean, he said, "It means I never have to work again."
m0YE TIL that the American soccer team Seattle Sounders averages 43,000 fans per game, more than the elite billion dollar club and and 2012 Champions League winner Chelsea FC in England
v41R TIL Martin Scorsese is banned from ever entering China, after making a pro-Dalai Lama movie in 1997