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TIL Branches of the U.S. government are supposed to balance each others’ power

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M77mB TIL In 1969, an American destroyer named USS Frank E. Evans collided with an Australian aircraft carrier in the South China Sea at 3:00am because the commanding officer was asleep and left two inexperienced lieutenants in charge. The ship turned the wrong way, collided, & sank, killing 74 people
p8r0b TIL that by law no US officer can outrank George Washington. He was promited to 6 star general in 1976.
aEJZ TIL playing in the dirt probably makes us happier, because there is a bacteria in most soil that functions as an antidepressant.
YpQmr TIL that the entire internet is controlled by 14 people who hold 7 keys to the global Domain Name System (DNS) that controls the domain names of every site.
pYwOb TIL that the Film Score for Star Wars was Heavily Inspired By "Gustav Holst - The Planets" from 1918