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TIL that during WWII, the Maharaja of Nawanagar rehabilitated approximately 600 Poles, the most of whom were orphaned children and women. The majority of the countries refused entry to the ship carrying them, including the then-British Governor of Bombay.

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kJlD1 TIL that epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a rare genetic condition that causes skin to become extremely fragile and prone to blistering, led to the death of a two-month-old baby named Felix Jean.
W7GOY TIL that the word “alligator” comes from the Spanish term “el lagarto”, which means “the lizard,” but alligators are not actually lizards, they're part of the family Crocodilia, which does not include lizards.
DB6D TIL Tippmann has created a real life ‘Nuketown’ paintball field
GY6Z5 TIL that a woman in France received a telephone bill of nearly 12 quadrillion euros. The phone company initially told her there was nothing they could do to amend the statement and offered to set up instalments to pay off the bill. Eventually, they admitted their mistake, and waived it altogether
7rrDZ TIL of a historical marker on Galveston Island marking the site of the Battle of Three Trees in 1819: the pirate Jean Lafitte and 200 men battled with 300 Karankawa Indian warriors after the pirates kidnapped a Karankawa woman. The Karankawa retreated but the fate of the woman isn’t known.