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TIL that a Ugandan mother gave birth to a girl on a flight from Amsterdam to Boston, but the newborn was considered and processed as a Canadian citizen by customs as she happened to be born in Canadian airspace.

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e0eAL TIL of an 1892 topless sword duel between the Princess of Lichtenstein and a countess who criticized her flower arrangements at a musical gala in Vienna. All participants in the duel were women, making this an "emancipated duel."
Jv8v TIL that Chinese security forces killed a large number of Uyghur dissidents in a July 2014 incident, 96 according to the Chinese and 2,000 according to the Uyghurs, and the Chinese government suppressed any independent reporting of it
k9W5 TIL scientists have revived 1,500 year old Antarctic moss in a laboratory
vnyR TIL the term “Abracadabra” comes from the Aramaic (~ ancient Hebrew) phrase meaning “I create as I speak”.
d8RjZ TIL there is a famous Irish Dolphin called “Fungie the Dingle Dolphin” who has been seeking human contact since 1983 which is rare for wild Dolphins. He also possesses an extremely strange diet for a dolphin, consisting primarily of garfish and is the only known Dolphin to eat them