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TIL that the Cuban-American Treaty of Relations (1903) states that the US is allowed to use the land surrounding Guantanamo Bay for coaling or naval stations only. The detention camp is seen as a violation of the treaty.

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ZoAY TIL there has been a constitutional amendment that has been pending for 226 years
R5W5j TIL that in the '60s, ITT Corporation won $27 million in compensation from the US for damage inflicted on its share of the Focke-Wulf plant by Allied bombing during WW2
78Q9O TIL about Josephine Cochrane, who invented the dishwasher because she was fed up of China breaking whilst being hand washed.
nXpB TIL the former Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko, has been held in jail illegally for years and the former President that used to fight for democracy was poisoned.
dE7r TIL there is over 9,000,000,000,000 dollars missing from the Federal Reserve and nobody knows where it is.