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TIL that during the Falklands War a 37km “Red Cross Box” safe zone for hospital ships hosted 4 British and 3 Argentine vessels, which often cooperated to save wounded combatants

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j6dMX TIL Massachusetts is the only state that doesn't allow happy hour.
j66Wn TIL that Pres. George HW Bush vomited on the lap of Japanese PM Kiichi Miyazawa during a 1992 state banquet. The incident caused a wave of late night TV jokes & ridicule, even coining Busshu-suru meaning "to do the Bush thing or bushing it". It was also spoofed in the film "Hot Shots! Part Deux."
XEX9D TIL that Tardigrades aka Water Bears are also known as MOSS PIGLETS
OMDR TIL “Magic eraser” cleaning products do not use any chemicals to clean hard-to-remove marks, but instead act as extremely fine sandpaper.
e0Qdg TIL of Red Rock Coulee, which features large numbers of strange round stone spheres.