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TIL because of naval tradition, submarines are usually referred to as boats rather than as ships, regardless of their size.

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DBej TIL that the Woody dolls are not voiced by Tom Hanks, but rather by his lesser known brother, Jim Hanks.
d8mP7 TIL California Endangered Species Act doesn't include protection provisions for insects; instead of trying to add insects to the act, a group of environmentalists tried to get bees categorized as fish because the act's definition of fish includes animals without backbones.
4ekR TIL a federal judge ruled drivers allowed to flash headlights to warn of speed traps.
DQadV TIL people gave fast-food hamburgers to rural crows to try to find out why urban crows are getting high cholesterol
GAkOE TIL On the down low: Bimetallism - Bimetallism,[a] also known as the bimetallic standard, is a monetary standard in which the value of the monetary unit is defined as equivalent to certain quantities of two metals, typically gold and silver, creating a fixed rate of exchange between them.[3]