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TIL in 2006 an Australian man tried to sell New Zealand on eBay with the starting price $0.01

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rRYEy TIL of Douglas Albert Munro, the only US Coast Guard to receive the Medal of Honor. Whilst providing cover for ground troops with his boat, Munro was fatally wounded. The last words he said were, "did they get off?" referring to the soldiers he'd saved. He was 22 years old.
VOV0 TIL US sailors in WWII mixed a drink called “Torpedo Juice,” an alcoholic beverage containing pineapple juice and 180-proof alcohol used as fuel in torpedo motors
yQPE8 TIL that Aaron Burr went broke speculatively buying parcels of land in upstate New York. He did this while living on twenty-six acres in what would become some of downtown NYC's most prime real estate.
OG40L TIL Crows can remember a dangerous human and share informations about them to other crows
LkakV TIL that a man flew from Sheffield to Essex via Berlin because it was cheaper than train