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TIL China has only navel and air force headquarters but not an army headquarter until 2015

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vM8r TIL vibrators were invented because doctors were tired of giving orgasms
D1lRY TIL That as a child Snoop Dogg sold candy, delivered newspapers, and bagged groceries to help his family make ends meet. He was described as having been a dedicated student and enthusiastic churchgoer, active in choir and football.
MdMm TIL Thomas Jefferson kept a shetland sheep at the White House. It attacked several people, killed a small boy, and was eventually called “this abominable animal”.
D1W5Y TIL: The light atop a Hollywood record company building has been quietly blinking-out messages in Morse code since first being turned-on in 1956 --by Morse's own granddaughter. (The default message is one word, but it once revealed an album release date: “Katy Perry. Prism. October 22, 2013.")
b677p TIL that the civilian sailors of the U.S. Merchant Marine had a higher casualty rate during World War II than any branch of the armed forces.