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TIL Canada and Denmark have a territorial dispute over Hans Island in which each country removes the others flag and leaves bottles of alcohol (whiskey from Canada and Schnapps from Denmark) every few months for the other countries military when they return to reclaim the island.

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b6O0p TIL - In 1967, the Australian Prime Minister disappeared while swimming and his body was never found…