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TIL the Flemish anthem of Belgium is exceptionally bloody: “He tears, destroys, crushes, covers in blood and mud; And in victory grins over his enemy’s trembling corpse.”

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v4DL TIL turkeys got their name because the British thought they came from Turkey. Meanwhile, in Turkey, turkeys are called hindis because they thought turkeys came from India. In reality, they came from North America.
ZN9Q TIL…In 1937, John D. Rockafeller Jr. and Andrew Mellon we’re appointed to a “National Share the Wealth Committee”. They suggested limiting fortunes to $5,000,000, anything over that amount would be put into a trust for poorer Americans.
wL9K6 TIL 90% of the garlic produced in the United States comes from the town of Gilroy in California
a8gXy TIL that despite causing a death toll at least five times greater, the Peshtigo Fire is often overshadowed by the Great Chicago Fire, which occurred simultaneously
9Y66D TIL that President Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the White House. Then, Reagan took them down. Now, one is in China.