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TIL After the Vietnam war Vietnamese farmers recycled thousands of external fuel tanks from U.S. aircraft to create river boats and canoes

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wLP7J TIL that an Iraqi man slept through the invasion of his town after it was attacked by militants. He was the only person left behind the when the town was evacuated. He woke up, watched a movie and fiddled with his A/C, only noticing the takeover that evening. The militants left him alone.
5YnG8 TIL that in 1666 the Dutch painter Willem van de Velde, when tasked with portraying a sea battle, manned a ship himself to make live drawings of the ongoing Four Days Battle from as close as possible.
dDQmZ TIL dragonflies may migrate 2,000 km across the Indian Ocean, with 15-40% success depending on seasonal winds, per a Lund University study.
9YYAG Today I learned "CAPTCHA" is an acronym: "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart"
AD4g7 TIL When Sweden switched one day from driving on the left to driving on the right, it was feared that it'd result a huge increase in road death that year. In fact, the rate decreased, which was put down to Swedes driving extra cautiously