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TIL only larger ships in the US Navy have a Captain, smaller frigates etc. have Commanders

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ne8AW TIL Japan has been wearing surgical-style masks since 1918 and has become a part of social etiquette. It is also worn as a fashion item and serve as defensive barriers due to social awkwardness. Total sales of disposable face masks amounted to ¥35.8 billion in 2018.
x644b TIL Rudy Kurniawan sold an estimated $150 million worth of fraudulent wine between 2002-2012, which he produced himself in his California home. His scheme started to unravel when wine producer Domaine Ponsot caught him selling Ponsot wines that were never made. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison
LQVod TIL that the 1963 hit song "I Will Follow Him" was recorded by fourteen-year-old Peggy March. She had just turned fifteen when it went to #1 on the Billboard chart. Peggy still holds the record for the youngest female artist with a #1 Billboard hit.
Oo41 TIL that Uber-Facts takes a majority of their posts from r/TodayILearned
QGAM TIL 70 years ago today, Allied troops linked up with the French resistance. Within 24 hours, Paris was liberated from the Nazis.