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TIL: Ships Rarely Sail Outside of Designated Routes!

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p8y1G TIL that the reason eggs are refrigerated in the US, unlike most of the world, is because eggs are washed which removes the natural barrier for bacteria.
AgAd TIL Donald Trump inherited 400 million dollars from his father.
YBlr TIL The Act of Habeas Corpus 1679 was only just passed . When the votes were counted, there were not enough Lords in favour, so it was decided that one of the Lords, because he happened to be fat, was worth ten votes. It started as a joke, but remains on the statute books to this day.
9YOWX TIL that Hans Zimmer produced and composed the song "Big And Chunky" from Madagascar 2
nyKY TIL that if you add the hunters from Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, you would end up with more armed people than the largest Army in the world. If you add the rest of 46 states, this number would dwarf any Army in the world.