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TIL The Nepalese constitution contains an annex in which the geometric construction of the flag is explained in 24 points.

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9YJEX TIL In 2010, a thief broke into the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris and stole five paintings worth €100 million ( $123 million USD). Pierre Cornette de Saint-Cyr, commented, "These five paintings are unsellable, so thieves, sirs, you are imbeciles, now return them." The art has not been recovered.
wLZjE TIL strengths (9 letters) is the longest word in the English language with only one vowel.
YraW TIL After Russia outlawed virtually all gambling in 2009. A Russian engineer learned how to cheat slot machines. He took his knowledge to the US and won $21,000. Casinos still have no fix for it.
D1w4e TIL actor Jack Gleeson, who played King Joffrey on Game of Thrones, said the scene he enjoyed the most after three seasons on the show, was when Joffrey’s corpse was lying on a plinth in the set with ceremonial stones covering his eyes, because he got to sleep for the whole day.
EdY0 TIL that contrary to practically every cultural stereotype, most gay sex isn’t anal.