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TIL that the Hellenic Navy operates an ancient Greek trireme as an officially commissioned military ship

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AD5Bd TIL that The word epic is derived from the Ancient Greek adjective, “epikos”, which means a poetic story.
p8vJp TIL The inventor of the PSA test, taken by over 30 million American men yearly to detect prostate cancer, called it a "profit-driven public health disaster". He also stated that the test is "hardly more effective than a coin toss".
5YQG8 TIL that Wayne Knight, who played Dennis on Jurassic Park, lost 117 pounds by walking and controlling his portions/calories instead of opting for gastric bypass.
001M TIL Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, “admitted to defrauding citizens by organizing mad gold-digging expeditions and also to claiming to possess dark or ‘necromantic’ power” 4 years before discovering “The Book of Mormon”
0Bwy TIL in 1977 Billy Joel’s poorly-performing single “Only the Good Die Young” was banned by WSOU-FM, affiliated with Seton Hall University, for its supposed anti-Catholic themes. Other dioceses then started putting pressure on local stations to ban it. As a result of the controversy, sales skyrocketed