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TIL that Wales’ national symbol is a leek because on the eve of the battle against the Saxons, St David advised the Britons to wear leeks in their caps so as to easily distinguish friend from foe. This helped to secure a great victory.

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71eX TIL that the justification for both times the United States invaded Iraq were based on testimony that was proven false.
WkeoY TIL In 1971 Fleetwood Mac had to cancel a sold out show booked at the Whiskey A Go Go when their guitarist Jeremy Spencer simply vanished into thin air. He was eventually found having cut off all his hair, dressed in shabby clothes, and joined a cult called The Children of God.
ANx54 TIL that Arkansas Grows Rice. This is interesting becuase I always thought of rice an Asian Thing
rNBrx TIL scientists made snails remember something that never happened to them
W7dG4 TIL How degrading Soil affects Nutrition, Mental Health, and Ecosystems | neurologists and microbiome scientists are clearly indicating that in another 15 years, human "software" will start collapsing due to large no. of extinction of species.