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TIL, in 2015, a USAF AC-130 Destroyed A Médecins Sans Frontières Hospital Killing over 40 People But No Independent Investigation Was Carried Out For The Warcrime

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N7nbb TIL the story of Zeus, a 9 year old pitbull-mix from Montana who was stolen by a family "friend" and found 2k miles away in West Virginia after the thief was arrested. Zeus had a microchip with contact info but was too big to fly so 15 strangers volunteered to drive him home across 9 states .
N45N TIL that a floating British base was abandoned until a rogue DJ moved there. He declared the floating fortress the Principality of Sealand. He raised a flag, named himself Prince and his wife Princess. Sealand withstood court challenges, and remains an independent nation to this day.
jMVQ TIL that Harry Potter books were translated from British to American English.
KkvQ TIL: To prevent voyeurism, cellphones purchased in Japan can’t disable the camera’s shutter sound.
pYDaG TIL that between 1962–1965, the largest brain-eating amoeba outbreak killed 16 people in Czechoslovakia after a swimming pool was shortened, creating warm stagnant water — it took years to identify the source