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TIL that Argentina has almost 1m people of Irish decent and Che Guevara came from an Irish family.

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16lAD TIL about Sea Change, the world's first hydrogen fuel cell commercial ferry. It was launched in August of 2021, initially for the Bay area of San Francisco, CA, US. It is 75 feet long and holds 70 passengers. After burning fuel, the only emission is water.
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