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TIL The US Navy still operates wooden ships.

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NylM TIL that Pensacola Christian College prohibits sex, dancing, witchcraft, astrology, and more. The school also has segregated elevators and stairways.
xVoxg TIL that extras in films and TV shows are often ordered to repeat "Watermelon cantaloupe" or "Rhubarb rhubarb" over and over in order to imitate the murmur of a crowd in the background of the scene. The mouth movements to say these phrases are sufficient to give the illusion of real speech.
78OY7 TIL: Over 50,000 Christians have been killed in Nigeria for their religion since 2009 (as of March 23)
RRl1 TIL the word “ghoti,” is a constructed word used to demonstrate the irregularities of English pronunciations. It can pronounced as ‘fish,’ or completely silently.
XE68k TIL of John the Posthumous; a French king who ruled for the 5 days he lived in 1316. He was the youngest person to become King of France, the only one to be king from birth, and the only one to hold the title for his entire life. He has the shortest reign of any French king.