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TIL that a snail spent years glued to a card in the British museum before they realized it was alive

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8VrX TIL the U.S. Flag Code says that when a flag is worn out, it should be burned
nW5ar TIL that graduation caps are derived from a biretta, a hat commonly worn by Roman Catholic clergymen in the 14th and 15th century.
GDvG TIL that at age 12, Laura Ingalls Wilder defended herself against a sexual advance with a knife, and that her editor later cut the scene from her book (p. 1, last ¼th)
7rOMr TIL about Muchu Chhish, a mountain in Pakistan that is so remote and difficult that even if there are no restrictions to climb it, no one has ever reached its summit
Z8EKR TIL Pardoned convict Thomas Pamphlett was shipwrecked and castaway in the Moreton Bay area, Australia, 1823, & was rescued after several months. But he committed another crime, & was sentenced to 7 years’ transportation to the new penal colony... in Moreton Bay.