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TIL there is a political party in the Israeli parliament dedicated to environmentalism, the rights of Palestinians, dismantling settlements, social democracy, and the rights of minorities.

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kOVGE TIL of John Smeaton, an airport worker who kicked an attempted suicide bomber in the nuts. He would later be awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal.
6gZ7 TIL a French explorer was marooned for 40 months on an island so remote that it takes a month to reach it today.
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