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Give me a good tid-bit
Lemmie hear something interesting, odd, or just cool. Also, tell me how you know that nugget of what may be little known facts. Keep it rated PG, please. Short and simple is great- or a bit longer with a story is always satisfying as well. The fact must be something you already knew... no asking uncle google for help... be honest fellow wordsmiths! Start your post with 'Did you know...' and then free type that knowledgeable little crumble. If I did not know your little known fact, I may drop ya a buck or two. :D I will go first to set the bar. Did you know... cashews are not actually a nut? They grow on a tree and produce fruit that sort of resembles a colored pepper (or capsaicin if you are not in the US) and on the fruit grows what people THINK is a nut, but it isn't. A quick google search can take you to a fantastic photo. I learned this from trying to tell my Gram why cashews cost more than peanuts and why there was never 'heavy cashew' in the mixed nuts she was so fond of. :)
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Did you know that two of the three ships in my profile picture sunk early into the career?

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The three ships on my profile picture are the Olympic-class liners, commisioned by the White Star Line to join the four-funneled ships built that day (their fourth funnel was fake, though). They are, in chronological order: R.M.S. Olympic, R.M.S Titanic, and H.M.H.S. Britannic. Though they never met together, as the R.M.S. Titanic sank long before H.M.H.S. Britannic sailed, here are the three ships side-by-side.

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The Titanic's fate is very popular, and it is depicted in many books and movies. However, to identify the second ship in the question earlier, here are the fates of the two other ships.

-The R.M.S. Olympic served as a troopship during WW1, earning the nickname "Old Reliable". 24 years after she set sail, during the Great Depression, she was scrapped. There is even a picture of her together with one of her former rivals, the R.M.S. Mauretania at the scrapyard.

-The H.M.H.S. Britannic sank barely a year after she set sail after a loud explosion in the Kea Channel. Compared to her sister's overwhelming casualties, 30 of the 1,065 passengers lost their lives at the sinking. She was the largest ship lost during WW1 and was compensated by Germany's S.S. Bismarck, becoming the R.M.S. Majestic.

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And there you go. Now, we can only imagine them together, sailing as sisters. Sailing as they had always been from the start.

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