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TIL the flag of the state of Georgia is just the flag of the Confederate States of America with an additional emblem.

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X0jjP TIL J.R.R. Tolkien loathed Walt Disney, seeing his work as corrupt, deceptive commercialism. Disney films nauseated him, and he saw Snow White as a vulgar mockery of mythology. He refused to let Disney adapt The Lord of the Rings.
pY17Z TIL Benedict IX is the only person to have been pope more than once.He served as pope for 12 years, was forced out of Rome, returned, sold the papacy to his godfather to marry his cousin, changed his mind, was deposed by Emperor Henry III, seized the Papal Palace, and was driven out for good in 1048
OG7je TIL Japan's exclusive ocean is 12 times its land area, including Okinotori islet, 6.3 inch above sea level
b9EK7 TIL The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences used to give out an Academy Juvenile Award, complete with a miniature statue. Shirley Temple was the first and youngest to win the award at the age of 6 in 1934. Mickey Rooney was the oldest to win at 18. Hayley Mills was the last to win in 1960.
ZpP0a TIL that in 1896 an outdated suspension bridge over the Niagara River was replaced by constructing an arch directly around and underneath it, without interrupting bridge traffic