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TIL: Caligula, the third emperor of Rome, once declared war on the sea itself, commanding his men to collect seashells as proof of victory

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XEVa6 TIL South Korean President Park Chung Hee had good relations with Chinese President Chiang Kai-shek. Invited by Chiang, Park Chung-hee visited Taiwan in the 1960s. Many high-school students were mobilized to welcome him wherever he went just to boost his ego
ADkE4 TIL that the largest known star in existence UY Scuti, is so big, that if it swapped positions with our sun, it would easily engulf the orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and Jupiter.
rRXp0 TIL i learned that one of the most decorated United States Navy warship was USS Parche (SSN-683), a Sturgeon-class nuclear fast attack submarine launched in 1973. She had over 32 awards, including 9 Presidental Unit Citations, 10 Navy Unit Commendations and 13 Navy Expeditionary Medals.
W7EKL TIL that all curling stones used in the winter Olympics come from Ailsa Craig in Scotland
075j TIL the European Assoc. of Urology developed an Erection Hardness Score (EHS) to quantify the level of erection hardness on a scale of one to four. As described by one researcher: Level 1 is like tofu; Level 2 is like a peeled banana; Level 3 is like an unpeeled banana; Level 4 is like a cucumber.