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TIL Dorinish (Irish: Deoirinis) is an uninhabited island in Clew Bay in County Mayo, Ireland. During the 1970s it was briefly inhabited by Hippies who established a commune there under the patronage of the island's then owner John Lennon.

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epdV4 TIL about the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largely unknown naval battle which was the largest of World War II and by some criteria, the largest naval battle in history.
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