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TIL we went from Trentino to Quarantino as cities extended the isolation period of illness from 30 to 40 days. [Trentine means 30 days isolation. Quarantine means 40 days isolation.]

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woZL6 TIL the US Supreme Court has seen and ruled on the Whitest Kids U' Know's "I Want to Kill the President of the United States" sketch. Someone copy-pasted the script in a facebook post to threaten his ex-wife - he was eventually acquitted in an 8-1 decision.
jN1AE TIL the flag of the Philippines is flown with the red side on the upper side in times of war and the blue side on the upper side during times of peace.
KOrVJ TIL that Jean Valjean, the main character from Les Miserables, has a father, mother, and sister that are canonically named Jean, Jeanne, and Jeanne respectively.
5vD9 TIL of the Brabham BT46B. An F1 car that vacuum sucked itself to the track. It raced only a single time before getting banned, and won by over 30 seconds.
rNmb0 TIL for their size, barnacles possess the longest penis of any animal (up to eight times their body length).