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TIL Mark Hamill voiced the pirate Captain Stickybeard in Codename: Kids Next Door, the ruler of the Fire Nation Fire Lord Ozai in Avatar: The Last Airbender, the evil Skeleton King in Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!, multiple roles in Metalocalypse and the groundskeeper Skips in Regular Show.

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BrRpx TIL China has the world's biggest deep sea fishing fleet that strip mines the world's oceans. The Chinese government heavily subsidises the fleet. China accounts for a third of world consumption. The seas around China have virtually no fish left but the commercial fishing fleet is still huge.
17pV TIL that when Ronald Reagan took office in 1981, the United States was the world’s largest creditor nation. When he left office in 1989, the United States was the world’s largest debtor nation.
AYZx TIL there are 101 acceptable 2 letter words in scrabble.
7ADr TIL: There is evidence of boats being used by early man over 900,000 years ago.
GYZ1 TIL That out of 421 US representatives, only 1 voted against the use of retaliatory force after the attacks of September 11th. Barbara Lee.