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TIL the UK Royal Standard is never flown at half-mast because there is always a sovereign: when one dies, his or her successor becomes the sovereign instantly

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aN6M TIL In 1751 Bejamin Franklin wrote that German immigrants “swarm into our settlements” and “will never adopt our Language or Customs”. Today, 97% of German-Americans speak only English at home.
Egg9W TiL for the Rolling Stones 1967 single "We Love You", John Lennon and Paul McCartney provided uncredited backing vocals.
KLJQ TIL that NASA has a plan if astronauts “Lose It”, and that plan is to tie them up with duct tape.
QwOL TIL being unpopular increases our chance of death more strongly than obesity, physical inactivity or binge drinking
Br40L TIL: In the 1950s, if a woman wanted to know if she was pregnant, she needed to get her urine injected into a frog to see if it would lay eggs. This was a mainstream method and thousands of frogs were exported around the world.