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TIL The US Navy still operates wooden ships.

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QNJwa TIL NASA worked with a company to create a material called translucent polycrystalline alumina (TPA). It was intended to protect infrared antennas on heat-seeking missiles. This material would later be used for invisible braces due to its strength and transparency.
gE6y TIL if the 1972 Andes plane crash survivors went East instead of West, they would have found a hotel 18 miles down the valley instead of hiking 37 miles and climbing a 15,000ft mountain.
6EeOY TIL Norway introduced salmon sushi to Japan.
8abXV TIL - Lynn Russell, a former CNN anchor, has two black belts, a deputy sheriff’s badge, a real estate license, and her private investigative license. Lynn and her husband, Chuck de Caro survived a shootout at a Motel 6 in 2015.
xVLx7 TIL Mike Tyson's Training Regiment included waking up at 4am, jogging 5-miles. Then he would do 2000 sit-ups, 500 pushups, 500 dips, 500 shrugs and about 30 minutes of neck bridges daily. He repeated this 6 days a week.