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TIL that former US Surgeon General Antonia Novello's brother in law is Saturday Night Live alum Don Novello, famous for his role as Father Guido Sarducci.

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MepvA TIL that currently only two nations operate naval vessels classed as "cruisers": the United States and Russia, and in both cases the vessels are primarily armed with guided missiles.
YpWWd TIL Like an outsized fossil in the Sahara, the 30-mile diameter Richat Structure in Mauritania, originally interpreted as a meteorite impact, is a circular, eroded dome dating back to the splitting of Pangea.
OGMle TIL you can sail in a straight line from Great Britain to New Zeland
PjjG TIL Survivors of Australia’s infamous “Ash Wednesday” bushfires reported houses exploding before the fire could touch them due to the air pressure change, steaks found cooked well-done in deep freezers, a car moved 90m from the cyclonic fire storm and sand turned to glass.
w4mM TIL There exist a fallacy called “The Fallacy Fallacy” where you presume that because a claim has been poorly argued, or a fallacy has been made, that the claim itself must be wrong.