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TIL In 2021, a US drone strike mistakenly targeted a man delivering water for a California-based nonprofit

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NNjJ TIL New parents in Sweden are entitled to 480 days of leave at 80% of their normal pay and dads also get 90 paid paternity days.
mQNO TIL in 2013, the largest known discovery of buried gold coins, valued at $10M, was found on a couple’s private property in rural California. Known only as John and Mary, the couple has no idea who buried the coins, and they remain anonymous to prevent treasure-seeking trespassers.
YprGv TIL that Steven Spielberg bought and donated to the Academy Awards two Oscars that were being auctioned privately. He paid $578,000 for Bette Davis’ Best Actress Oscar for the 1938 movie “Jezebel,” and $607,500 for Clark Gable’s Best Actor Oscar for 1934’s “It Happened One Night.”
oRR88 TIL on 2016, Murray Pringle managed to obtain the Pringle baronetcy over cousin Simon after DNA testing proved Simon's grandfather wasn't the biological son of Sir Norman Pringle, 8th Baronet but was utterly unrelated to the clan
R77V9 TIL "Kamikaze pilots only had enough fuel for one-way missions" is actually a myth.