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TIL That the term ‘Jadotville Jack’ was used to describe members of A Company 35th Batallion Irish Army. The term was in reference to the unit’s forced surrender after a siege from a numerically superior mercenary force and the Irish government/UN’s refusal to decorate any survivors of the battle.
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TIL in 1986 a Hotel in Singapore collapsed. Authorities were using heavy machinery to rescue survivors, a team of mainly Irish tunneling experts working on a new subway saw what was happening, and convinced authorities to let them tunnel for survivors instead. 17 people were rescued by them.
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TIL Dublin, Ireland, was once the Viking Kingdom of “Dyflin”, founded by the Norse in the 9th century. “Dubh Linn” means “black pool” in Irish. Under their rule, Dublin became the biggest slave port in Western Europe. The last king of Dublin was killed by the Norman conquerors in 1171.
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