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TIL the United States and Colombia have territorial disputes over two islands in the Caribbean

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wZXY TIL in 1789, after he lost control of his ship in a mutiny and was forced onto a cramped boat, British officer William Bligh led 18 loyal sailors on a 47 day, 4164 mile voyage from Tonga to Indonesia. They had 4 swords, a week’s worth of food and water, and a compass. All but one, survived the trip.
Vx9m TIL that in Interstellar, they actually planted hundreds of acres of corn just for the sake of the movie and it ultimately costed nothing because they made all of the money back when they sold the crop
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ANggx TIL that out of 556 people that have been in space, 339 of them were American. Americans represent 60.97% of all people who have ever been in space.
4XnMN TIL Captain Robert Knox (1641 – 1720) of British East India Company was imprisoned for 20 years in the south asian island of Ceylon. Upon his escape he bought back a "strange intoxicating herb" unheard of in Europe. The herb is known today as Cannabis Indica.