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TIL the current flag of South Africa is only 30 years old and was literally designed a few weeks prior to it being officially hoisted on 27 April 1994

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nw7Y TIL that a woman driving to Dave Matthews concert stopped to help a stranded cyclist who turned out to be Dave Matthews himself.
gMd74 TIL that in 2017, a United Nations official investigating poverty in the United States, stated that Alabama had the worst poverty in the entire developed world.
160RD TIL that babies and toddlers can not only taste with their tongues, but also their lips, cheeks and hard palate.
6Jx8 TIL that in New Zealand, every high school is entitled to 1 pound of uranium and 1 pound of thorium, for experimentation. However, there is a fine of $1 million for creating nuclear explosions.
89l4 TIL Vince Gilligan offered a terminally ill teenager, Kevin Cordasco, the opportunity to read the final Breaking Bad scripts, in case the cancer were to take his life before the series finale aired.