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TIL Modern US nuclear-powered aircraft carriers typically refuel only once in their lifespan, at around the halfway mark of 25 years.

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X0ZJP TIL of the Rule in Saunders v. Vaultier. If you are entitled to property in a will but the will-maker directs that you may only be paid upon reaching a certain age, you can demand the money be paid to you forthwith as soon as you are an adult.
X07dk TIL when Johnny Watson released his song “Space Guitar” in 1954, the song received a puzzled "??" instead of a numeric rating by Billboard. Today, the song is recognized as a groundbreaking achievement, which inspired musicians such as Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Bo Diddley, and many more.
Lk95Q TIL the band Iron Maiden has their own Boeing 747 named after their mascot, Eddy, and their lead vocalist Bruce Dickinson is the pilot.
p098 TIL a respected German anthropologist whose ‘discoveries’ helped shape our understanding of modern man was found to have falsified most of his data - one skeleton he claimed was from 27,400 BC was later dated to 1750 AD.
omXK TIL That in 1974 Steve Rogers (Capt. America), disillusioned by corruption in the U.S. government, temporarily ditched his patriotic personna and became Nomad, the hero without a country.