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TIL The US Navy still operates wooden ships.

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50Zn TIL that Thomas Jefferson and George Washington were “deists” who believe in a God that created the universe and scientific laws but then is completely indifferent to it. One that doesn’t meddle in the affairs of humans, making miracles or praying false and unnecessary.
16kKd TIL The Mongol Invasion ended partly since Korea in charge of shipbuilding ran out of wood
9YAlX TIL a Malaysian billionaire, Robert Kuok, spent 4.8 billion dollars on a 100 foot yacht in 2011 because it was built with 220,460 pounds of precious metals. The world’s most advanced nuclear attack submarine costs 1.5 billion less
nr5d TIL that during WWII, a German and British aeroplane shot each other down in Norway, and the crew met and then helped each other survive. Two of them then visited each other several years after the war was over as friends.
NXjb1 TIL Francis Coppola told the victim molested by his protege Victor Salva that he would be blacklisted during the post-production of Clownhouse, and then attempted to sue the 12 year old for breach of contract