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TIL British Flag, the Union Jack is not entirely symmetrical and can be put wrong way up

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XEAj8 TIL the first computer of any description to sell one million units, the VIC-20, was put together by a team of 5 people at Commodore, who used to stay back late and steal equipment to do the development work because no one else in the company would cooperate with them.
0nVv TIL that a British girl had to have her stomach removed after drinking a shot of Jager mixed with liquid nitrogen. The bar was handed a 100,000 pound fine.
nepVW TIL With only two clubs, the smallest football (soccer) league in the world is the Isles of Scilly Football League on the Isles of Scilly, 40 km southwest of the English mainland.
6x1X TIL there’s a condition called “Hero Syndrome,” where people will search for heroism/recognition by deliberately creating a situation for themselves to resolve. This is known to affect civil servants such as firefighters, nurses, and police.
nWn0Y TIL Sussex County, UK, is divided into territorial sub-divisions called "rapes"