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aw79M TIL at the start of Operation Good Hope, US forces were supposed to land on the beaches of Mogadishu under the cover of darkness. Instead, they were met by CNN who was covering the landing live on television.
ANDZl TIL The 1761 transition of Venus is one of the earliest international scientific collaborations. Britian, France, and Austria sent astronomers around the world to ensure good observations with the British team of Jeremiah Dixon and Charles Mason at the Cape of Good Hope being the most successful.
P107O TIL Disneyland has a feral cat colony on the payroll.
GXGJ TIL that in 2008, Somali Pirates captured an Iranian cargo vessel whose mysterious contents poisoned and killed 16 of it’s captors. Although the demanded ransom was $2.5 million dollars, the U.S. Government offered $7 million to board and search the ship.
loOaK Til- Harper Lee's friends, for Christmas gave her 1 years salary, so she could write. She went on to write To Kill a Mockingbird. One of the most recognized books of all time.