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TIL there is a U.S. Marine post in Afghanistan called “ManBearPig.”

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Xndj TIL that astronauts must have good airflow around them when they sleep. If not, they may wake up gasping for air and oxygen deprived because a bubble of their own Carbon Dioxide has formed around their heads.
1AZ8 TIL in 1990 a British Airways 747 landed in a deserted Kuwait airport on a stop-over as Iraq invaded. Its 385 passengers were captured, some of whom were subjected to mock executions and rape, and dispersed to military sites to be used as human shields. The last hostages were freed in December 1991.
eQn TIL 400k balls saved LA reservoir from being health hazard
R7bW1 TIL that a drunk hunter singlehandedly caused a 285,000 gallon oil spill by shooting the Trans-Alaska Pipeline with a .338-caliber rifle
ZpGno TIL the UK Royal Family charge the RNLI (lifeboat charity) to launch boats, as the Royal Family own the beach/land