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TIL a Dutch minesweeper disguised itself as an Island in WW2 and successfully snuck past the Japanese Imperial Navy in the Java Sea

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EgbGW TIL that a medieval hermit could voluntarily choose to live in a small sealed room attached to the church for the rest of their lives. Priests would give them funeral rites before they entered and they were treated like living saints.
GANej TIL The controversial practice of docking a dog's tail (i.e. amputation) used to indicate that they they were a "working dog" in 17th-century England and therefore not subject to a luxury tax. This lead many owners to dock the tail in order to avoid the tax.
4XM5w TIL that in 2008, Electronic Arts caused a traffic jam in London, England, when their marketing team attempted to give away $40,000 of free fuel from a gas station. The promotion ended early and only $22,000 of fuel was given away.
1aDEO TIL Jack Daniels employees get a free bottle on the first payday of each month.
ym48 TIL- Honey can contain Clostridium botulinum, the spores that cause Botulism. Because of this, infants under one year old should not eat honey as their gastrointestinal tracts are not developed enough to deal with the spores.