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TIL that US Navy Captain Mad Jack Percival holds the unique distinction that his first naval ship, HMS Victory, and his last, USS Constitution, still exist as the oldest commissioned warships and national shrines for their respective nations.

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b985p Today I learned that the Oneida silverware company was founded by a free-love community in upstate New York, led by a Protestant preacher from the 1840's, who believed there was a connection between sex and spirituality. He experimented with perineum pressure during intercourse to block ejaculation.
Oo6k1 TIL that Whitesnake changed the word "hobo" to "drifter" in the re-recording of "Here I Go Again" to ensure that it would not be misheard as "homo".
mxabx TIL Codex Gigas, largest manuscript in the world was the work of a single scribe according to a legend he added devil's picture out of gratitude for his aid. It is estimated it would have taken twenty years of non-stop writing to produce the work without the illustrations or embellishments.
1a7w4 TIL Phill Lewis, Mr. Moseby in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, was sentenced to 5 years in prison in 1991 after killing a woman in a car crash.
b0Zj TIL: For every 400 movies made in Hollywood, there are 11,000 pornos made [Link is a SFW Ted Talk]