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TIL that while the upper quadrant of the Mississippi state flag matches the Confederate Battle Flag - the official legislation claims it is a reference to the original 13 colonies.

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R7Nma TIL there were once giant beavers called "castoroides", weighing up to 125 kg (276 lb) and measuring up to 2.2 m (7.2 ft) long, with 15 cm (6 in) long incisors.
xVoJo TIL that in 1979 the governments of the USA, France, Canada and the USSR signed a treaty to create a worldwide network of search-and-rescue satellites and ground stations. To date this system has saved at least 42k lives and works everywhere on Earth. A beacon costs $200 and has a 5 year battery!
E1pep TIL that a torturer in Communist Poland, Julia Brystiger, was famous for "whipping male genitals" of her victims, some of whom later died because of this.
XPKE TIL that the Jonestown mass suicide in 1978 was responsible for the largest loss of American civilian life in a deliberate act prior to September 11, 2001
Wjg9 TIL Pork butt is actually from a pig’s shoulder and the ‘butt’ has nothing to do with the animal