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TIL that every US Coast Guard cadet trains aboard a tall ship captured from Hitler’s navy.

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BgbDr TIL George Foreman is NOT the actor known for the quote: "What'chu talkin' 'bout, Willis?". That actor's name is Gary Coleman, who just happens to also have a grill named after him in the Drake and Josh episode titled "The Gary Grill".
ADnwB TIL that macaroni and cheese originated in the 14th Century. A Middle English recipe describes it as "Take and make a thynne foyle of dowh. and kerve it on pieces, and cast hem on boiling water & seeþ it well. take cheese and grate it and butter cast bynethen and above as losyns. and serue forth."
9YZnG TIL the very first liquid ever poured on the moon, and the first food eaten there, were communion elements. Buzz Aldrin asked for a moment of silence while he was on the moon and had his own communion. NASA then kept it a secret due to activist Madalyn O'Hair.
AOgw TIL in 2001, the heir to the Nepalese throne killed the entire royal family before turning the gun on himself.
8a4rK TIL Shrikant Jichkar ( 14 September 1955 – 2 June 2004) was known as the most qualified person in India. He obtained 20 degrees after appearing for 42 university examinations. He was also a politician, known to be the elected as the youngest MLA in the country at age 26