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TIL- in Minnesota it is against the law to sell an American flag that is not made in the U.S.

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ANlMw TIL "pipe down" and "pipe up" have completely different origins. The former is a nautical term while the latter is a musical term
YPPx TIL Pigeons are one of the most intelligent birds on the planet. Pigeons can also recognize all 26 letters of the English language as well as being able to conceptualize. Also, Pigeons can differentiate between photographs and even differentiate between two different human beings in a photograph.
wv8 TIL that the opening song sung by prisoners in “O Brother, Where Art Thou” was a recording of actual prisoners in 1959, and one of the prisoners was tracked down and paid 40 years later.
9Y8bG TIL All of those warring states near the beginning of the Old Testament were actually very small and only encompass what is now modern Israel
d6RQ TIL Ecuador are going to sell a third of its Amazon rainforest to Chinese oil companies.