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TIL that by law the US required to have at least 11 active aircraft carriers in the fleet

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xVPLk TIL There's a Future Library in Norway being created where trees have just been planted, and authors of today were asked to write something to be read in 100 years. When the trees have grown in a century they'll be used to print the books, and only then, will be made for all to read.
1a66D TIL Breaking Bad's popularity coincided with a 51% increase in methamphetamine use in Germany, and a 400% increase in meth smuggling attempts in Britain
MQ9a TIL there is a camp for kids with Tourette Syndrome called Camp Twitch and Shout
X0glD TIL a group from California that represents plum farmers and distributors promoted the use of prune puree on school lunch beef patties following declining prune sales in the mid 90s. This lead to a short lived period of schools incorporating fruit fused burgers into their students diet.
V440 TIL that the Soviets had another massive nuclear disaster before Chernobyl which contaminated up to 20,000 square km of land. Despite their attempts to hide the incident the CIA knew all about it, but they also covered it up to prevent the growing US nuclear industry from panicking.