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TIL in order to be qualified to pilot supertankers and other large vessels, pilot boat captains train on to scale versions that handle like their larger counterparts

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69Gw TIL Minnesota National Guard has a military exchange partnership with Norway, the longest ever running between two nations
oBKkR TIL about a poisonous lagoon at an abandoned quarry that was dyed black because the water's naturally tropical blue colour was considered too inviting to swimmers.
PWoZ TIL two men were brought up on federal hacking charges when they exploited a bug in video poker machines and won half a million dollars. His lawyer argued, “All these guys did is simply push a sequence of buttons that they were legally entitled to push.” The case was dismissed.
OGDee TIL that the European Commission produced a comic in 1998 called "The raspberry ice cream war" intended to educate children on the benefits of the EU. British authorities decided to pulp 75000 copies, deciding the comic was "inappropriate" and "factually inaccurate"
kOwj4 TIL before 2013, Pizza Hut was the largest consumer of kale; They only used it as a decoration for their salad bar.