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TIL that the Indonesian Army nearly conducted an amphibious landing in Somalia in order to free the crew of an Indonesian cargo ship captured by pirates. The plan was never executed because the pirates were all killed by Indonesian Special Forces and the hostages freed before they made it to shore.

WkxL TIL that Canada was the third country to go to space
GNK5 TIL there’s a plan to transition the US to 100% renewable energy by 2050
epWvE TIL that the Sierra Madre Wisteria is the largest blossoming plant in the world. The Wistaria Vine has over 1.5 million blossoms and weighs over 250 tons.
BrbXL TIL: That a dead fish, if placed in the wake of an object in a stream of water, can "swim" upstream.
8e0BV TIL that YouTube does not run ads in Albania