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TIL Only 7 people have been made honorary United States citizens.

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Pbre TIL a family-owned coffee roaster won a patent infringment suit brought against them by Keurig; The next day they counter-sued for violations of antitrust and unfair competition laws.
Yx5r TIL that Irrawaddy dolphins have developed a mutual relationship with local fisherman by chasing fish into their nets in exchange for some leftover fish. This relationship has become so embedded that when a fisherman’s “own” dolphin helped a rival, he followed up with lawsuits.
xVeoB TIL the Empire State building in New York stands on the site of the original Astoria hotel, which was built and owned by John Jacob Astor IV. Astor was of the richest men alive in his time, and left behind an estate of $87 million upon his death in 1912. Also, he died on the Titanic.
16vpX TIL that Kurt Waldheim was 'accidentally' elected UN Secretary-General in 1971, after the US, the UK, and China failed to coordinate their vetoes.
PY45e TIL the Norwegian "Line Aquavit" is still to this day sent by boat to Australia and back before it gets bottled and sold