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TIL In 1969, France placed an arms embargo on Israel after the Israeli government had already paid for a delivery of war ships. The French didn’t deliver on all of the ships. Israel responded by sending a team of commandos to France who managed steal and pilot the remaining ships back to Israel.

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PYBZG TIL Due to US prison regulations, there is a whole manufacturing industry dedicated to clear plastic TVs, radios and CD players without speakers (headset only) and even snacks (The Whole Shabang )
DX9P TIL fruit stickers are made out of edible paper. Even the glue is food grade.
MeYV0 TIL many household appliances have a “Sabbath mode” that, when activated, allows the user to operate the appliance within the constraints of Jewish religious holidays by disabling certain functions of the appliance.
pYGab TIL that the global tree canopy increased by 2.24 million square kilometers (865,000 square miles) between 1982 and 2016
QO0a TIL Dr. Seuss’s editor bet him $50 that he couldn’t write a children’s book in 50 words or less. Dr. Seuss won the bet with his book Green Eggs and Ham.