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TIL the flag of Zeeland in the Netherlands has a lion in the waves and represents the region's constant struggle against the ocean

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OGgwY TIL Schlitz used to shine UV light on their beer and market it as a health food: Sunshine Vitamin D Beer
rKA1 TIL of Connecticut’s famous hobo “The Leatherman”, a vagrant who traveled a 365 mile loop through CT & NY and whose timing so precise we was seen in each location every 34 days.
x6PGD TIL: Mr. Rogers created controversy by washing his feet in a pool with a black man (which wasn't allowed across most of the U.S. at the time)
grxy9 TIL while the word D-Day is most commonly used for the Normandy Landings in WW2, the term refers to any day on which a combat attack or operation begins. There have been many D-Days before and after WW2
R54j TIL that a police officer offered to split a lottery ticket with a waitress at his favorite restaurant in Yonkers, NY in place of a tip. The ticket was a winner worth $6 million, which he split with her without hesitation. “If I say I’ll do something, I do it. I hope money never changes me.”