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TIL British Flag, the Union Flag is not entirely symmetrical and can be put wrong way up

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W7xaB TIL a panel of scientists developed a plan to use cats that glow when exposed to radiation as a way to warn future civilizations about radioactive sites. The "Rad Cats" purpose would be explained in a nursery rhyme designed to be passed along, generation to generation.
a0RZ TIL that MartinLutherKing.org is actually a website designed by a brutal, xenophobic, racist group called StormFront (US-based) to discredit King
v1oOR TIL Censorship board in Philippines wanted to cut nudity/sex scenes from Schindler's List. Spielberg refused, and pulled the film from screening in Philippine cinemas, which prompted the Senate to demand the abolition of the censorship board.
XE7DQ TIL the female backing singer during Elvis's infamous "laughing" version of Lonesome Tonight, who keeps singing as Elvis struggles to regain his composure because of it, was Cissa Houston, Whitney Houston's mother
m1RVx TIL that Hollywood actor Paul Kelly was imprisoned in San Quentin for manslaughter, after failing to kill his lover's husband. 30 years later, Kelly played the warden of the prison in the film 'Duffy of San Quentin'.