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TIL Brazil tried to sell an aircraft carrier on eBay, but the auction was removed from the website under rules preventing the sale of military ordnance

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b9nD4 TIL When Queen Elizabeth delivers a speech in Parliament, a member of the House of Commons is kept hostage at Buckingham Palace. The hostage is released when the Queen safely returns.
GYNAJ TIL President Kennedy kept two hamsters--Debbie and Billie--in the White House as pets. The two escaped often, one time being found under Kennedy's bed. Debbie later ate Billie and died of indigestion.
W7e8o TIL in 1942, the US War Production Board ordered California’s entire wine grape crop to be made into raisins instead (for their value as non-perishable snacks)
1JXD TIL that scientists predict that by 2022 we will have self repairing bridges. (Also list of 110 predictions for the next 110 years)
AARd TIL That in the beginning, Hinduism was a much profound religion involved with rigorous inquiry into the truth about existence, as is evident in the hymns from the oldest of its holy books ‘Rig Veda’, before it began to turn into a potpourri of influences from other religions and pagan beliefs.