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TIL that the USS Pueblo - a US Navy ship captured by North Korea in January of 1968 is still listed as a commissioned vessel in the US Naval Fleet

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Y71xx TIL the game of Go is so complex that the number of legal board positions, which has been calculated to be approximately 2.1×10^170, is far greater than the number of atoms in the observable universe, which is estimated to be on the order of 10^80.
kOdeg TIL Stephen Colbert grew up in South Carolina as the youngest of 11 children. His dad and two of his brothers were killed in a plane crash when he was 10. He became introverted, spent his time reading (especially Tolkien), but eventually found a way to express himself through acting.
GJjg TIL the original London Bridge was sold to the Chairman of an oil company, dismantled in Britain, and completely re-assembled in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
KOx0J TIL - professional cutmen in professional fighting make upwards of 15% of the fighters purse and many are worth millions.
MeLPA TIL that the age gap between the late Spanish gynecologist Julio Iglesias Sr.’s oldest and youngest children is 63 years