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TIL that the seven-colour rainbow flag is used by many cultures and movements - the native people of the Andes, the city of Cusco (Peru), the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (a Russian region bordering China), the shrine of Indian guru Meher Baba, and the international peace movement

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9AXr TIL that Planet Aid takes your clothing donations and sells them directly to overseas companies. They do not donate any items for free.
xVJoD TIL that "Baby Huey" was a 400lbs Chicago soul singer who died in 1970 at age 26 after releasing a single album. The album later became hugely influential on early hip-hop artists, eventually being sampled on hundreds of tracks over the past ~40 years
xplB TIL the city of Sao Paolo implemented a “Clean City Law” in 2006, which banned all outdoor advertisements. No billboards, no ads on buses, no posters. This ‘uncovered’ problems such as illegal workers living in bad conditions but also lead to more street art and more visible city architecture.
ZQop TIL that while trying to present about the disease that would later bare his name, Alzheimer was rushed off stage because the conference attendees were excited to hear the next speaker present about compulsive masturbation.
JYPOl TIL scientists put slime mold over a map of Tokyo, with food used to represent urban areas, after a day the mold created a network nearly identical to Tokyo's rail network. Which was designed to be as efficient as possible, the slime mold did the same, but without a brain.