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TIL the United States has more aircraft carriers in service than the rest of the world combined.

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NLYb TIL that there is a place in the Pacific Ocean where Russian satellites used to crash that is called the spacecraft cemetery. The famous Mir space station crashed in this area in 2001.
0dGv TIL that the cornea is the only part of the human body which has no blood supply, as such it has to draw its supply of oxygen directly from the air
R5noQ TIL that the world's largest rodent "Capybara" are so chill to the point that they can form an unlikely friendship with crocodiles.
awDpL TIL the British & Irish Plug is Regarded as the Safest in the World
4Abw TIL Henry III received a polar bear from King Haakon of Norway in 1252.