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TIL after the Vietnam war, Vietnamese farmers reused external fuel tanks dropped from US aircraft to create makeshift canoes and riverboats.

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LQrLP TIL about the Women's 1500m at the 2012 Summer Olympics, called "one of the dirtiest race in history", where six of the first nine finishers (1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, and 9th) have been found to have been doping and the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th and 9th finishers were disqualified as of now.
R7vN1 TIL about Valor 1 and Valor 2. Two male bald eagles that shared a nest and a partner and have successfully raised eaglets after their partner left.
jNOEn TIL Ulpia Severina was the only woman to have ruled over the whole Roman Empire, ruling from 270-275 AD
OJG1 TIL nowhere in the Bible does it say that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute or even overtly sexual.
M7Knb TIL that in 2005 Akira Toriyama the creator of Dragon Ball Z designed an electric car called the QVOLT. Only 9 of them were ever made.