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TIL the US Pledge of Allegiance was conceived by a magazine to sell American flags to public schools

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KgJ9 TIL that the first thing sold on the internet was a bag of marijuana between M.I.T. and Stanford using Arpanet accounts.
1PD4 TIL fabric softeners carry a warning not to use them on children’s sleepwear but despite this, smiling happy babies feature heavily in its packaging and promotion.
oBZkA TIL in 2013, a man had a stroke that made him lose the ability to feel sad.
npDG TIL Fred Phelps (pastor of Westboro Baptist Church) was once a civil rights attorney who fought for the rights of blacks
7rlaM TIL of "Aptronyms", where your name peculiarly matches your life - like Sarah Blizzard (meteorologist) or Lance Bass (bass player).