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TIL that there is a boat which sails around to countries with restrictive abortion laws, and offers abortions in international waters.

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4XJ1N TIL: Every year the Alpine Swift spends over 200 days in a row, in the air, without landing. How the birds are physiologically able to do it is still a mystery to scientists.
dZOj TIL there is an island in Brazil which is quarantined due to a snake infestation
nOy7 TIL in 2016 an Alabama man was sentenced to 40 years after murdering a man who had sexually abused his daughter. The abuser had previously served 27 months of a 5 year sentence.
LkGDP TIL that the oldest firearms still used by the American military are the M2.50 caliber machine gun and the Colt .45 M1911 pistol. Both were designed by John Browning more than a century ago.
ANWbd TIL that 15 birds would perish at the McCormick Place, the largest convention centre in the US, on a typical evening