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TIL about "the Pantanal", a tropical wetland area that is the world's largest flooded grasslands (located on the border of Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay)

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KOxA6 TIL when the UN's Nordic Battalion was sent to Bosnia in 1993 it disobeyed orders, broke rules of engagement, faked loss of communication to HQ, and became known as one the most trigger-happy peacekeeper units. This enabled them to achieve their mission objective: to protect civilians at all cost.
4LKo TIL that Norwegian oil company Statoil is selling one of their oil platforms. “Well kept 20 bedroom platform for sale. Panorama sea view and plenty of room for a helicopter.”
p8n58 TIL that a 98 year old mom moved into care home to look after her 80-year-old son
GYRQE TIL that for a 20 year period in the mid-1800's, the US Mint issued a three cent coin, or "trime"
Z8ZBD TIL that a cow can be tricked into nursing a calf not her own by skinning her dead baby and putting the skin on another calf. The practice is called "grafting".