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TIL the official flag of Nottinghamshire features Robin Hood.

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PYNKn TIL about two faced "Janus" cats, named after Roman god who had two faces; one looking into the past, the other the future. They don't usually survive more than a day, but a 2 faced cat named Frank and Louie defied the odds and lived for 15yrs, even appearing in the Guinness World Records book 2006.
XGYk TIL Despite being the face of anti-establishment. Guy Fawkes was a religious extremist, who tried to overthrow the king to establish a Catholic monarchy.
v5kB TIL that in 1834 Mormon leader Joseph Smith desecrated an Indian grave mound and declared the bones were from Zelph a White Indian who worked for the great Prophet Onandagus. Smith and his buddies divided up the bones and they are now lost.
4Xb7g TIL the first mathematical theorem to be created and proven on TV was on Futurama (The Prisoner of Benda). If two people could switch unique pairs of bodies only once, it requires only two extra individuals to return everyone to their original bodies.
VZWQ TIL that some movie sword replicas are built into the iron throne in Game of Thrones, for example Gandalfs Sword Glamdring.