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TIL of the Walleye War, a fishing dispute that took place in Minnesota in the 1990s and nearly resulted in a portion of the US being ceded to Canada.

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VPNk TIL Häagen-Dazs is not a European company, it was invented by two brothers in New York and the name itself is completely made up
am89 TIL Argentina sent a pregnant woman to Antarctica, had her give birth there, and used the baby to reinforce its territorial claims
VBl8Q TIL: The world's coldest marathon was held in Yakutia, Siberia. 2022's winner ran it in 3h 22m; the temperature was -53°C
AD89x TIL the human body emits light as an energy called biophotons (unrelated to visible bioluminescence).
1EAO TIL there is an unreleased experimental Russian film where nobody on set was allowed to admit they were part of a movie production. Everyone had to pretend they were living in the 50’s for three whole years. The entire set was even wired to reproduce the effect of living under the Soviet regime.