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TIL that the naval ensign of the Indian Navy continues to contain the flag of England (Cross of St George) defaced with India's national flag as a canton (in the upper left quarter).

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WWAB TIL Terry Gilliam’s ‘Trilogy of Imagination,’ (Time Bandits, Brazil and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen) are about the “craziness of our awkwardly ordered society and the desire to escape it through whatever means possible” shown through the eyes of a child, a man in his 30’s and an elderly man.
GBM5 TIL:Ernest Hemingway survived,anthrax,pneumonia, dysentery,diabetes,high blood pressure,two successive plane crashes that resulted in ruptured kidney and liver, broken skull, second degree burns, and numerous other accidents, then won the Nobel Prize in Literature and eventually committed suicide.
XYNk TIL the US is pretty much the only first world nation, without mandated paid holidays or vacation by the law
a8QZ TIL that the Universe may exist inside a black hole.
b64r9 TIL the buzzing sound heard from a refrigerator is not from the motor, but from the refrigerant rapidly changing from a liquid to a gas and back again.