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TIL that the flag of Nova Scotia was only officially adopted in 2013, even after 155 years of use, when an 11 year-old girl researching a project realized that it had never been officially recognized in all that time.

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8eLM8 TIL that in 52 BC, during the Battle of Alesia, Julius Caesar trapped both the Gallic forces inside and outside the city by building dual lines of fortifications. Despite their larger numbers, the Gauls were crushed, leading to a decisive Roman victory and the end of the Gallic Wars.
0wprp TIL about Airstan Incident, In 1995 the Taliban used their MiG fighter jet to force a Russian IL-76 cargo plane to land at Kandahar Air Field. After a year of captivity, the crew tricked the Taliban into performing a routine maintenance on the plane, and then flew away, under fire, to the UAE.
XEPRj TIL about the Golden Fantasy. The Golden fantasy is a secret expectation that all of one's problems can be solved by interaction with a perfect and all-caring relationship figure. The fantasy can be found both in psychotherapy and in ordinary life.
X0M9P TIL: During ww2, the UK invaded and took iceland with only 746 soldiers.
yXV8 TIL Americans Ate 400 Million Fewer Animals In 2014 Than In 2007