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TIL that the USSR wanted to join NATO

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6EdVW TIL about the Yellow Fleet, a group of 15 boats trapped in the Suez Canal due to the Six Day War. The multinational crew formed a lawless entity for 8 years and even had recognized postal stamps.
4XgX6 TIL that as a white belt, Paul Walker told his BJJ coach that he would get his black belt "even if he needed to get it in his coffin", shortly after Walker's death, that same coach awarded Walker his black belt and told his father he could put it in his coffin.
gr6j8 TIL the BBC payed closely to 1.1 million pounds in restitution and 1.4 million pounds in donations, losing in the process the sole production of the Queen's Royal Christmas Message due to the famous Diana interview, which was obtained under "questionable means".
vGx8 TIL Cap'n Crunch in the 70’s had a toy that could be modified to hack phone call lines.
epaog TIL that the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina has what's called a "high representative" which is an unelected official chosen by the "Peace Implementation Council" after the Bosnian war. The high representative has the power to remove elected officials from their posts.