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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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rRQXM TIL that weapons manufacturer Remington produces an 8-gauge shotgun called the Master Blaster. It's classified as an "industrial tool" rather than a firearm, being used to blast away built-up materials within rotary kilns from a distance.
ep0yg TIL that onboard Apollo 10's mission to orbit the moon, there was an emergency when one of the astronaut's poop got loose and floated around the ship. All three astronauts denied responsibility. This came to light when the mission transcripts were declassified
16gOW TIL Orson Welles wore a fake nose in most of his films because he felt his nose was too small. Welles sometimes fashioned and applied his own prosthetic and according to some had a personal display of his noses.
ADQlw TIL that Salvator Dali once gave Alice Cooper a plaster sculpture of his brain, crowned by a chocolate eclair with real ants running down the middle. He asked Cooper to model for him. Which he did, under armed guard, since he was wearing a diamond tiara provided by Dali worth $2 million.
OoD6L TIL that the United Kingdom actually declared war on Japan nine hours before the the United States following the attack on Pearl harbour, partially due to Winston Churchill's promise to declare war "within the hour" of a Japanese attack on the United States.