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TIL Presidential elections held in Belarus on 23 June 1994 were the first national elections held in Belarus since the country seceded from the Soviet Union three years earlier

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N7xgJ TIL about Sgt. Siwash, the beer drinking duck who fought with the Marines in WWII, and received citations for battling a Japanese rooster. Siwash passed away in 1954 due to liver disease and their wake was held in a Chicago taxidermists shop.
l7KyG TIL about Christopher Boodram, the lone survivor of the 2022 Paria diving tragedy. Chris and his crew mates were sucked into a 30 inch diameter pipeline in the North Sea. Chris’ body lasted 35 minutes on a 6 minute emergency tank.
awy60 TIL that the famous mobster Al Capone sponsored a soup kitchen during the great depression. On average, his charity would feed about 2,200 Chicagoans 3 meals per day. No second helpings were denied. No questions were asked, and no one was asked to prove their need.
VMG6Z TIL about Kenneth Taylor and George Welch, the first two American pilots to get airborne during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Both were recommended for the Medal of Honor, but this was denied on the basis that they had “taken off without orders.” Together they shot down six Japanese planes.
oBPYY TIL the reason why medicine bottles are orange or light brown is because of its ability to prevent ultraviolet light from degrading the contents through photochemical reactions, while still letting enough visible light through the bottle for the contents to be seen.