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TIL Hans Island is a disputed territory between Canada and Denmark. When the Danish visit, they leave a bottle of Schnapps for the Canadians. When the Canadians visit, they leave a bottle of Canadian Club for the Danish

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AyMo TIL Willem Arondeus, a gay Dutch artist and writer, helped in the resistance against the Nazi occupation in the Netherlands. He was arrested and executed. His last testimony was “homosexuals are not cowards”.
gMe0y TIL that Texas has it's own separate electrical grid from the rest of the US. This was done for political purposes so that they didn't have to deal with Federal regulations.
vZJx TIL that monkeys once battled with humans for over 2 hours for drinking water
JXwl TIL: That while the Russian Tsar Bomb is the largest nuclear device ever detonated, it was the ‘cleanest’ nuclear bomb ever detonated. It’s modifications removed 97% of it’s fallout.
p886b Would that change our habits?