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TIL The United States has 20 aircraft/helicopter carrier ships; the rest of the world combined has 24

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vPl8K TIL Fleetwood Mac’s The Chain is the only song credited to all 5 members because it was created from combinations of several previously rejected materials.
QJ1Be TIL that in Ukraine if a marriage proposal isn't accepted by the bride or her family, the would-be groom is given a pumpkin, so he doesn't leave empty-handed.
60M7 TIL Albert Einstein’s son, Hans, was a famous hydraulic engineering professor who developed important equations for sediment transport in rivers. When reporters asked Albert what he thought of his son’s career, he replied, “He is working on a more difficult problem”
OoQg6 TIL about Pierre Latreille, a French zoologist who was imprisoned for refusing to swear an oath of allegiance to the state. While in prison, he recognized a rare beetle on the cell floor. Latreille's recognition of the beetle ultimately saved both he and one of his cell mates from the guillotine.
d8ELd TIL Muhammad Ali’s daughter, Maryum Ali was a support worker for 15 years working in high crime neighbourhoods. She was on the TV show ’60 Days In’ and spent 2 months as an undercover inmate. She also wrote a children's picture book called 'I Shook Up The World: The Incredible Life of Muhammad Ali.'