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TIL about Ed Daly, an airline owner who evacuated hundreds of South Vietnamese from Da Nang in 1975 as the Viet Cong quickly advanced

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yVgOp TIL about Central Western Time (UTC+08:45) - a miniscule timezone located in Australia used only by a handfull of roadhouses along the Eyre Highway, one of which is the small Cocklebiddy community.
gMZM7 TIL Despite the cold climate, bananas have been grown in Iceland since 1941.
7dNx TIL that the janitor of the Air Force Academy was a Medal of Honor winner who went unnoticed for almost ten years until a cadet stumbled across his story in a history book. When the janitor passed away, he was buried at the cemetery and is the only non-air force enlisted man buried there.
plQ TIL Kurt Cobain stood up for a woman who was being groped at a Nirvana concert
BgMpD TIL St. Patrick’s original color and earliest depictions are in blue garments, not green. George III, King of Great Britain, founded in 1783 the "Order of St. Patrick" and official color was a sky blue, known as "St. Patrick's Blue."