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Today I learned about RP Flip, a research seacraft that can sit vertically in the water.

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VbA0 TIL in North America and India, ‘lemonade’ is not a carbonated soft drink, but is actually made from lemon juice, water and sugar.
P10jL TIL that Martha’s Vineyard is one of only 5 natural place names that the U.S. Board on Geographic Names has allowed to include an apostrophe.
rNGdy TIL in 1907, passengers arriving at Ellis Island had to pass a medical exam to enter the US. Doctors used a secret code to mark passenger's clothes with chalk: 'H' indicated heart trouble suspected; 'L' suspected lameness, and 'X' suspected feeble-mindedness.
nW80G TIL dessert pasta (pasta served as a dessert with sweet ingredients) is a real thing, including a recipe that uses brown sugar and cinnamon.
1ax1P TIL There was an old English settlement established on the island of Roanoke, North Carolina in the late 1500s. The governor of the colony traveled back to England, and when he returned several years later, found Roanoke deserted. No trace of the colonists were ever found.