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TIL that the British anthem was derived from a French song composed in the 17th century to celebrate the healing of Louis XIV's anal fistula.

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OGBp7 TIL about Flight 149. On 8/2/1990, the flight stopped to refuel in Kuwait, the same day Iraq invaded Kuwait. All 385 passenger and crew were taken hostage and were abused. Allegedly, the flight was allowed to fly despite warning from the Foreign Office, because it was a Trojan horse for MI6 agents.
xgpD TIL that the idiom “You kids get off my lawn” was ascribed to elderly first-generation homeowners who prided their lawns as a symbol of new-found affluence post WWII
gEo8 TIL Elon Musk doesn’t patent any of SpaceX’s technology because their only competition is China, and China ignores patent’s.
85PV TIL : There are special bins in Mexico City in which people can deposit their dog’s poop for free WI-FI, the container measured the weight of the poop then emitted a set number of minutes of free Wi-Fi for every pound of feces it collected.
9wQgQ TIL about the The Difficult Conversations Lab where strangers who strongly disagree on a controversial topic are matched up to debate.