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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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1DOO TIL on the night of May 27, 1991, a drugged, naked, bleeding boy of 14 was found in a Milwaukee street. When police arrived, they returned the boy to the control of Jeffery Dahmer, who almost immediately killed and dismembered the boy. 2 women who argued with the police were threatened with arrest.
BrPMW TIL during the Edo period in Japan, some firefighters set fires intentionally so they could show off their firefighting skills in public or create more business for themselves since some firefighters had construction businesses. Some firefighters were executed for this.
GYbgE TIL that the Soviets were the first to land on Mars
OGnXR TIL Dolly Parton wrote a song that won't be released until 2045.
geg8 TIL The small logo on the front of the playstation2 could be rotated 90 degrees, in order for the logo to be the right way up in both vertical and horizontal console orientations.