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TIL It is illegal to refuse a person a glass of water in the state of Arizona.

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E14nX TIL George H.W. Bush ordered emergency airlifts of food and supplies to Somalia in 1992.“Operation Restore Hope,” to help the starving country by protecting food shipments from the warlords. By helping to end the famine, American forces saved around 100,000 lives
aKZM TIL that the oldest existing photograph of a US President was discovered when it was bought for 50 cents in an antique shop
g47 TIL if it stood alone as a country, the Great Lakes economy would be one of the largest economic units on earth (with a $4.5-trillion gross regional product).
E8oP TIL: January 29, 1845: “The Raven” published in the New York Evening Mirror. The poem was enormously popular and soon made Poe a household name, but it did not bring Poe any financial success. He received $9 for the poem.
PYRYL TIL when sonar was first invented, operators were puzzled by the appearance of a ‘false seafloor’ that changed depth with the time of day and amount of moonlight. It was eventually identified as a previously unknown layer of billions of lanternfish that reflect sonar waves and migrate up and down.