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TIL The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. Also, the flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever.

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GAnnG TIL notorious violent UK prisoner Charles Bronson has spent much of his prison life in solitary confinement. He wrote a book in 2002 on the topic of how to stay fit in a solitary confinement cell.
GYoN1 TIL of Alex Zanardi, a Formula One driver who lost both of his legs in a major crash in 2001. After, he designed and built his own custom prosthetics for racing. He started racing again in specialised touring cars. He also took up handcycling, and won medals in both the 2012 and 2016 Paralympics.
kJVv1 TIL of Dr. Quiñones-Hinojosa, who went from a 19 year old migrant farm worker to the head of neurosurgery at the Mayo Clinic.
oRnMK TIL Proximity fuses were invented jointly by UK & US in WW II. A secret guarded to a similar level as the atom bomb project, and for years not fired on Germans for fear of them figuring it out. It allowed UK anti-V1 artillery to go from 17% to 74% effective. Julius Rosenberg was able to steal one.
oRD1E TIL in 2017 a woman sold a lunar collection bag (used during the Apollo 11 mission) with moon dust embedded within it for $1.5m. She had bought it for $995 after it was accidentally put up for auction. When she sent it in for testing, NASA had refused to give it back. However, a judge sided with her