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TIL That an American flag hung upside down signals that one is in distress and needs help

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6EEm TIL the oldest obsidian bracelet, found in Turkey, is dated to c. 7500 BCE. The symmetry of the central annular ridge is extremely precise, to the nearest degree and nearest hundred micrometers, forcing researchers to rethink the manufacturing skills of “hunter/gatherers”.
YbwP TIL Kevin Bacon initially thought he hit a career low with the film “Tremors” even stating that he “broke down and fell to the sidewalk” screaming “I can’t believe I’m doing a movie about underground worms!”
lJnA TIL A cult leader once gave 600 acres of land to God but the State of Pennsylvania took possession and sold it because the Almighty didn’t pay His taxes.
PYmon TIL that, of the seven Kings of Saudi Arabia, the most recent six were all sons of the first, King Abdulaziz (born 1875), the throne passing brother to brother since his death in 1953 through agnatic seniority.
QJxKM TIL there is a "solar powered" species of hornet that uses a chemical in its exoskeleton to convert sunlight into energy