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TIL that flags are flown at half mast when someone important dies to allow “the invisible flag of death” to fly at the top of the mast, signifying death’s prescence, power, and prominence

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DyVD TIL that in 2008, Italy spent $65,000,000 to bail out the Parmesan cheese industry
6EGa8 TIL that Alexandre Dumas (Author of The Three Musketeers, etc.) was the son of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, hero of the French Wars of Revolution and the highest ranking officer of African descent ever to serve in a European army
R7Yg6 TIL: Ash dieback will kill up to 90% of ash trees across the UK
gY09 TIL of Robert Smalls, a seaman-slave during the American Civil War who stole a warship when the Confederate sailors went whoring and sailed himself and his family to freedom. Then fought for the Union. Then became a successful businessman and bought his former masters house.
xMXg TIL that the snow you see on analog televisons is a signal caused partially by the cosmic radiation of the Big Bang