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TIL in 1812 Charles Barnard, a captain of an American sealer ship, rescued marooned British sailors from the Falkland Islands despite the 2 countries being at war. While he searched for provisions, the British sailors stole his ship and he himself was marooned for 18 months.

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Z8o8Y TIL that the cover for Death Grip’s debut mixtape Exmilitary, is a picture of a man from an old National Geographic magazine that drummer Zach Hill kept around as a symbol of power, years later finding that it fit the mixtape perfectly and became the official cover in 2011
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