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TIL the official flag of Nottinghamshire features Robin Hood.
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TIL A terrorist attack plan, using an explosive-laden belt in Moscow, on New Years was foiled when a Spam-Text was sent to the cell phone that triggers the bomb. The text was sent two hours early by the cell phone provider saying, “Happy New Years”.
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TIL Mount Kosciuszko was thought to be the highest mountain in Australia until Mount Townsend was found to be slightly taller. Rather than re-educating the public that Townsend was the new highest mountain, the New South Wales Lands Department simply switched their names.
1aLJD
TIL that Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado, which is set in Japan to safely mock British institutions, was briefly banned in the UK in 1907 for fear of offending a visiting Japanese prince. The prince was very annoyed, because he'd wanted to see it.
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TIL the fictional tequila Zafiro Añejo in Breaking Bad/BCS was created by the writers because they couldn’t get a real brand to do product placement due to a scene where several people die after drinking it.
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TIL that Goodwill sends the clothing they can't sell to textile recyclers, which turns them into sound-proof insulation for cars.