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TIL plaid is not meant to describe a pattern, it was an article of clothing (blanket draped over shoulder), the pattern is named tartan.

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9n1Q TIL that only 15 states in the US require a minimum age for a child to be home alone. Most states go by a child’s maturity rather then age.
OGAY6 TIL flying has become so reliable that you could fly every day for an average of 123,000 years before being in a fatal crash.
neBlY TIL that the Keep Calm and Carry On posters were rarely used in WW2. The phrase only came to popular attention after a poster was found in a book shop in 2000 and put on display.
YVkr TIL that the petals of a sunflower are actually each single-petalled flowers; a sunflower is actually a cluster of hundreds of flowers.
V8OQ TIL that there are white black bears, Kermode bears, also known as the “spirit bears” living in British Columbia in Canada.