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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Attrage01 on 2024-11-02 12:57:53+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the hulls of the famous first “six frigates” of the US Navy were constructed from the wood of the American live oak, a species unique to the northeastern United States with timber so dense that “a nail driven into it was nearly impossible to extract”.