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TIL Yellow-bellied sea snakes drink rainwater that gathers on the ocean surface during heavy rainfalls

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rbv0 TIL of the Peanut Hole, an area of neutral international waters, surrounded by Russia’s exclusive economic zone, but is not in Russia’s default EEZ because it is more than 200 nautical miles from any coast, essentially an area of international waters surrounded by Russian territory.
QO7d TIL President Jefferson delayed a state dinner for the Tunisian ambassador until after sunset to accommodate the ambassador’s observance of the Ramadan fast, in 1805
xVp9B TIL that the floating valve in toilets is called a "ballcock". Further, the man that invented its name is Thomas Crapper.
5yOr TIL on December 8, 1941 over 81% of American households tuned in to FDR’s “a date which will live in infamy” speech.
1a07O TIL, when Paul Reuter developed his own news agency (Reuters News Agency) he used carrier pigeons to give Berlin news from the Paris stock exchange, as they were speedier than trains.