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TIL Spain still doesn't recognize Kosovo.

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neAxP TIL about 'Jemmy Button' the Fuegian native who was stolen on Darwins 'Beagle' to England, taught to be an 'English Gentleman' and returned to Tierra del Fuego where he subsequently reverted to his 'native ways' and was later blamed for the murder of a group of missionaries.
YX0P TIL even if your parents refuse to help you pay for college, Federal Financial Aid won’t let you declare independence until you’re 24.
NQw8 TIL that airlines don’t pay tax on fuel
9E5M TIL that London, UK still has 1500 gas street lights in operation
vPavL TIL that MLB Hall of Famer Gary Carter invented the “f-bomb” term in a 1988 Newsday story. That term would later be published in the Webster dictionary in 2012 crediting Carter for its first recorded use.