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TIL that for decades the US Navy Freedom of Navigation program has kept the global shipping lanes free and open for commerce and trade, even for US enemies like Russia and China. The FON program acts as a deterrent against regional conflict, arbitrary maritime claims and piracy.

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neGWY TIL that The Volcanic Eruption of Krakatoa Indonesia On 27th August 1883 with an explosion the equivalent power of 150 million tonnes of TNT. The eruption was so loud that the sound was heard over a twelfth of the Earth’s surface, the shockwaves reverberated around the entire planet, seven times.
DdOr TIL an Area 51 researcher claims that the “aliens” that allegedly crash-landed there were WWII POW’s who were being experimented on to study the risks of space exploration on the human body and that the images of aliens are, therefore, derived from that of humans whose bodies were destroyed.
de1j TIL the blue power ranger’s name was Billy Cranston after the actor Bryan Cranston who voiced power ranger monsters early in his career.
ZpMRG TIL that the oldest Norman castle in England pre-dates the Norman conquest by ~15 years. It was built by a Norman knight named Richard Scrob, granted lands near the Welsh border by Edward the Confessor, though only earthworks survive today
NB7e TIL On his deathbed, unable to speak, Aldous Huxley made a written request to his wife Laura for an injection of LSD