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TIL in 1962 the USS Independence encountered the Italian ship Amerigo Vespucci, the former asked “who are you?”, after it received an answer, the American ship declared “You’re the most beautiful ship in the world”

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16Wn7 TIL that there is one boat for every 2.8 homes in Minnesota, and that Minnesota has 7% of all boats in the registered in the USA
6EBZ7 TIL that in medieval Germany, married couples could legally settle their disputes by fighting a Marital Duel. To even the field, the man had to fight from inside a hole with one arm tied behind his back. The woman was free to move and was armed with a sack filled with rocks.
YrjW TIL the earliest known maps are of the stars, not the earth.
Y4LA TIL Since the release of ‘Captain Phillips’, there has been controversy over its portrayal of Phillips, with several crew members claiming that he was not the hero presented in the film, and that he was at least partly at fault for an “insistence on being fast and making money.
Lk7YP TIL that there is a man named Christopher who can speak sixteen languages - despite having non-verbal IQ scores between 40 and 70. He was diagnosed with brain damage six months after his birth, and is institutionalized because he is unable to take care of himself