TIL In 1864 during the Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia, a Union and Confederate soldier got into a fistfight to settle their disagreement on who was the other's prisoner. The brawl made both armies pause the entire battle just so they could watch them fight. [source, comments]

TIL, The Netherlands gives Canada 20,000 tulips every year as a thank you for protecting the Dutch royal family in WW2 [source, comments]

TIL that until 1976, the US Army shared responsibility with the Marines for transporting the President by helicopter. When crewed by their personnel, the aircraft was known as "Army One". [source, comments]