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TIL in 1789, Great Britain and Spain nearly went to war over a land dispute on Vancouver Island in modern-day British Columbia, Canada. Spain was forced to try to resolve the situation diplomatically after France refused to come to their aid.

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e7mg TIL that the term “Just Joshing you” is in reference to Josh Tatum, a man who, in 1883 took newly minted nickels and plated them with fake gold to make them appear as a new $5.00 coin. He would then buy items that cost about a nickel, and receive $4.95 in change, gathering quite a fortune.
kJaPW TIL that, contrary to the belief in “German efficiency”, the construction of a much-needed new airport in the country’s capital took 15 years to plan and 14 years to build due to poor planning, massive corruption, and egregious corporate and civil mismanagement
R7Bk6 TIL that "Into the West" performed by Annie Lennox and used in The Lord of the Rings was inspired by Cameron Duncan, a young film director, who died in late 2003 at the age of 17.
R7ZEl TIL About a book called “The Secret (treasure hunt)”. It contains 12 cryptic paintings associated with 12 cryptic riddles you must decipher in order to dig up a key to the loot buried around the U.S. and Canada. Only 3 have been discovered since 1982.
x6Eng TIL the earliest known use of prosthetics goes back to ancient Egypt and Iran, circa 3000 BCE.