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TIL prison ships are a thing. There's actually one floating around New York.

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OoYo1 TIL Swedish peace group erected a sign to keep the Russian submarines out of their border - it displays an animated sailor in underwear thrusting his hips with a morse code that broadcasts: "This way if you are gay."
x6kEb TIL cows are more closely related to dolphins than to horses
4kO4b TIL when Prince Rupert was shot in the head, his commander said "Monsieur, I am most annoyed that you are wounded." to which Rupert responded "And me also" His commander was killed shortly afterwards. Rupert would recover.
dGMr TIL that Canada’s new Governor General-designate is an astronaut, spent time on the ISS, speaks 6 languages, did research at the IBM lab in Zurich, played piano and sang with several orchestras, and has helped make space robots.
P1bLJ TIL a man was convicted of murder in 2011 based on his tattoo which accurately depicted the murder scene, including bullet trajectory.