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TIL of the Danish Protest Pig, a reddish pig breed with a white stripe that looks like the Danish flag. When Danes in Prussian North Frisia were banned from raising their flag, they displayed the protest pig instead.

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rReQd TIL about an Indian art called Shatavadhana, where a person has to remember and answer questions on a stage from 100 people simultaneously while dealing with distractions in a round robin manner. The tasks vary from making up a poem spontaneously to keeping a count of a bell ringing at random.
1aP7W TIL the definition of "treasure" according to the U.K. government is that it's at least 10% gold or silver and at least 300 years old. When treasure is found, the finder does not own it, and it is illegal to try to sell it.
b6okE TIL - The Hamilton Pulsar P1 was the first digital watch, launched in 1972 for $2100 (>$12,000 today). Later in the 70's digital watches were around $10, and in the 80's they were given away free in cereal boxes.
QVAp TIL the day after the Burning of Washington D.C. by British troops in 1814, a possible hurricane put out the flames, followed by a tornado that forced the British back to their ships. It became known as the “Storm that Saved Washington.”
dDZmj TIL that Mahatma Gandhi never won the Nobel Peace Prize despite being nominated five times. The yeah Gandhi was assassinated, the Norwegian Nobel Committee decided to make no award on the grounds that "there was no suitable living candidate".