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TIL same-sex relations have been legal in the Netherlands since 1811.

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BrPpr TIL pirates often stocked a variety of flags and usually flew false flags, only raising the Jolly Roger when they had their prey vessels within firing range.
Y7L9v TIL that ostriches aren’t normally aggressive toward humans but can be lethal if threatened.
DQ95v TIL that the font Calibri has been instrumental in exposing document forgeries worldwide, revealing fake documents in cases ranging from the Pakistani 'Panama Papers' to a U.S. bankruptcy filing, because the font didn't exist during the dates the documents claimed to be from
OGy84 TIL Queen Victoria had a Pekingese named Looty. Looty was stolen by Captain John Hart Dunne during the looting of Old Summer Palace near Beijing in 1890. He gifted her to Queen Victoria who named her Looty in reference to how she was acquired. Looty may have been the first Pekingese in England.
lyK7 TIL the TV show “The Amazing World of Gumball” had a Chinese ripoff called “Miracle Star”. Gumball recently aired an episode calling out and attacking its Chinese ripoff.