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TIL there is a plot of land between Egypt and Sudan claimed by no country.

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b6eDZ TIL about Harry R. Truman, who became a folk hero because he refused to evacuate from the St. Helen volcano and died during the eruption.
VMZvD TIL that the common saying to identify a poisonous snake, ‘Red touches black, friend of Jack. Res touches yellow will kill a fellow”, is only applicable in North America
wLxVY TIL that Kirsty MacColl, successful British singer / songwriter and daughter of the composer of "Dirty Old Town", died when she was diving in Mexico, pushing her 15 year old son out of the way of a speeding powerboat that ran her over.
yVPpv TIL that during WWII, the Germans had official brothels for their soldiers and sailors.
OovJ7 TIL that in 1758, Carl Linnaeus, in his book Systema Naturæ, divided humans into five "subspecies:" the white, sanguine, and powerful Europeans; the yellow, melancholy, and severe Asians; the red, choleric, and stubborn Americans; the black, stony, and lax Africans; and the "wild, monstrous" others.