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TIL for political reasons, Microsoft does not include country flag emojis in Windows

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P1M4Z TIL from 1696-1851, England imposed 'Window Tax' which was levied on buildings with tax liability based on the number of windows, which led to efforts to reduce tax bills through such measures as the boarding up of windows
MKMm TIL In 1861 a slave took over a confederate ship and delivered it to the Union. He later was given the ship to command during the Civil War. After the war he bought the house he was a slave in, and became a US congressman.
R7wlQ TIL Nigeria still has 160,000 annual deaths due to AIDS, while in Swaziland more than 1 in 4 adults has it.
poAN TIL the ‘ghost orchid’ has no leaves or stem, and is simply a system of roots when it is not flowering.
Wkgdd TIL that, once the Civil War began, Confederate general Robert E. Lee's plantation outside Washington DC was repurposed by the Lincoln administration to house a camp for escaped slaves. It contained a school, hospital, and cemetery, and it is now the site of Arlington National Cemetery.