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TIL that the first amphibious landing for the Continental Marines during the American Revolutionary War was the Raid of Nassau in the Bahamas.

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7K5L TIL a man in Argentina planted a guitar-shaped forest of 7,000 trees, and more than 1km in length, in memory of his wife
e5v5 TIL a third-grade girl was expelled for a year because her grandmother had sent a birthday cake to school along with a knife to cut it. The teacher used the knife to cut the cake, and then reported the girl to the authorities as having a dangerous weapon.
0NQp TIL In some states in the U.S. it is illegal to collect rainwater on your property and punishable by time in jail
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JY6pj TIL In 2011, a Brazilian man found a penguin covered in oil and close to death. He nursed him back to health and since then the Penguin swims 3 to 5 thousand miles every year to spend time with his human soulmate.