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TIL of the Guano Islands Act of 1856, authorizing US naval forces to annex islands for the purpose of collecting bird poop

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0XWN TIL that we have no idea where the body of the last Roman Emperor is buried. When Constantinople fell to the Turks, he tore off his Imperial regalia before leading a last stand, making him difficult to identify. He was most likely buried in a mass grave with his men.
loZPK TIL that Swatch Internet Time was a decimal time concept introduced in 1998 by the Swatch corporation. Instead of having time zones, hours, and minutes, decimals were used to measure what time it was.
wLKX1 TIL that in 1944 Dutch Resistance members dressed as German SD (intelligence agents) went into Leeuwarden prison, and walked out with 39 prisoners, and all vanished into the city. No shots were fired, and the Germans never caught anyone.
5lNR TIL Ernest Hemingway during World War II went out to sink German submarines off the coast of Florida on his 38-foot wooden fishing boat.
6EVNX TIL that Harry Truman’s official memorial isn’t a physical one like the Lincoln Memorial, but rather is a federal scholarship for grad school worth $30,000 that’s given out to college juniors interested in public service.