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TIL That the Pledge of Allegiance was a marketing tool to sell flags to US schools

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a8VA0 TIL That Jonah Falcon, the man who claimed to have a penis that's 13.5 inches long, is a fraud.
vP8bj TIL the first possible tornado report in the United States occurred in July 1643. The report was recorded by Massachusetts Governor and weather enthusiast John Winthrop, who observed a sudden gust that whipped up dust, lifted his meeting house, and killed a nearby observer with a fallen tree.
PGNZ TIL: Without the atomic bomb, the invasion plan of Japan in WW2 would have been the largest in all of history, including 42 carriers, 24 battleships , 400 destroyers and 6 million soldiers
XE7Ek TIL that 'Big Ben' is not the name of the actual tower, called the 'Elizabeth Tower', but the name of the 16 ton bell inside.
M7k00 TIL There is a historical belief that the ancient Egyptian pharaohs would perform a ritual in the NILE River to promote its fertility, which involved a personal act (jack off).