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TIL no law has been passed officially making the Union Jack the national flag of the United Kingdom.

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JRGk TIL that when Super Famicom (SNES) first launched in Japan, Nintendo had to ship the consoles in the middle of the night so the Yakuza didn’t hijack them
Bgyoy TIL a single Parrot fish creates up to 1000 lbs of sand per year as its poop.
pYdW8 TIL as part of its foreign policy the Nixon administration actively portrayed the president as an out of control madman to try and convince hostile nations that he was capable of anything at anytime. Including nuclear war. Nixon dubbed this strategy "Madman Theory".
QQ7e TIL that the straight, wide boulevards of Paris were designed such that artillery could easily fire on rioting crowds.
l7oea TIL Ford's marketing team wanted to name the Fiesta "Bravo", but Henry Ford II vetoed that decision and demanded that the car be named Fiesta.