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TIL HMS Hood was one of four planned Admiral-class battlecruisers, but was the only one of that class built

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JlLk TIL the two biggest private prison organizations in the US have clauses in their contracts that require the prisons to stay at least 90% full at all times.
0nRp TIL the Church of Scientology maintains a mansion in California in preparation for L. Ron Hubbard’s reincarnation, where identical sets of black thongs are ready for him, clothes laundered, and cars kept in the garage with keys in the ignition
XENME TIL of a "body farm", where the decomposition of human corpses is studied by leaving bodies outside in a variety of topographic and climate conditions. There are facilities in US, Canada, Australia, India, and UK. Over 100 bodies are donated to the University of Tennessee facility alone every year.
1a7Rd TIL that after the Unabomber demanded his manifesto be published in a major newspaper in order to cease his attacks, Penthouse offered to publish it. His response was that he hoped for a more "respectable" outlet, but if no one else agreed, he would let them publish but he would bomb one more time.
look1 Short answer: Sure, it happens all the time