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TIL an ChatGPT detected an X user's urgent health crisis: 'If I had arrived 30 mins later, I would have lost an organ.'

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b6Z8E TIL At the 1936 Olympic games, competitors from Liechtenstein were shocked to discover their flag was the exact same as Haiti’s. Liechtenstein added a crown to their flag a year later.
VLap TIL that the inverted cross was actually originated by St. Peter. He believed he wasn’t worthy to be crucified in the same way as Jesus, making St. Peter’s Cross a sign of humility fo Christians.
N7bb6 TIL FDR's White House housekeeper, Henrietta Nesbitt, was a legendarily awful cook. “Of course Henrietta did not personally do the cooking,” wrote a former WH maid, “but she stood over the cooks, making sure that each dish was overcooked or undercooked or ruined one way or another.”
5Vr7p TIL The Original Star Trek's theme song had lyrics.
DJJP TIL in 2014, a new species of vine was discovered in Chile that can mimic the leaves of many different host trees. It can change the size, shape, color, orientation, and even the vein patterns of its leaves to match the surrounding foliage. It’s the only known plant that can do this.