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TIL that all U.S. aircraft carriers are Nuclear Powered, meaning they can continuously sail for up to 25 years without needed to refuel.

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Bggmr TIL that the packaging colour for air-dropped humanitarian ration packs had to be changed from yellow to salmon after someone realised that the same shade of yellow was also used for air-dropped cluster bombs.
GARr5 TIL the British invaded 9 out of every 10 countries that exist
aob9 TIL the Japanese call their currency “en”. The reason it’s “yen” in English is because early Japanese-English dictionary compliers didn’t know that the pronunciation had changed.
ymp8 TIL when Australian driver Alan Jones won the 1977 Austrian Formula 1 Grand Prix, the race organisers didn’t have a copy of his national anthem to play at the podium ceremony (unaware that it was God Save The Queen). Instead, a drunk person played “Happy Birthday” on a trumpet.
e0vB6 TIL that Nicolas Cage was officially cast as Superman for a cancelled 1997 film. The movie, Superman Lives, was set to be directed by Tim Burton