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TIL In January 2001, Iraq offered to donate $91 million to impoverished Americans on humanitarian grounds. It's unknown if America accepted the donation.

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eN7g TIL Adolf Hitler’s nephew William Patrick Hitler served in the US Navy in World War II and was awarded a Purple Heart. After attempting to benefit from his uncle’s rise to power in Germany, he turned against him and eventually settled in the USA
0dpNp TIL: Black Herons turn their wings into an umbrella to “canopy feed”. The umbrella provides shade, which draws fish to the surface where they can be seen and caught more easily.
NJ4J TIL in 2009 the Vatican used a Tupac song on their MySpace playlist because it, “share[s] the aim to reach the heart of good minded people.”
nW8Q7 TIL that in 2011, an entire country lost internet access for 12 hours after a 75-year-old woman accidentally broke a fiber-optic line with her shovel.
dDxXd TIL that the alpha gal allergy can be limited to only one meat or a specific set of meats with high fat content