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TIL that the Russian Empire built a fort on the island of Kauai in Hawaii called Fort Elizabeth with permission from the local ruler.

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OoE9a TIL there is a proposed punctuation mark for irony and sarcasm, but due to lack of adoption it remains unused
wLrW8 TIL that the infamous 1971 D.B.Cooper plane hijacking remains the only unsolved case of air piracy in commercial aviation history. The FBI officially suspended their active investigation in July 2016. The 60-volume case file is open to the public to read.
epmGD TIL the Oceanographic Museum at Monaco flushed decorative algae into the Mediterranean Sea, creating an invasive patch of algae that has now spread over 190km of coast.
mxXnE TIL about Joe Delaney, an NFL running back for the Kansas City Chiefs, who died trying to save 3 drowning children in 1983. Just before running in, he told a bystander “I can't swim good, but I've got to save those kids.”
awlBb TIL that Sigmund Freud believed that addictions to substances such as cocaine and tobacco were excellent substitutes for masturbation, which he considered "the one great habit."