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TIL the Pledge of Allegiance was written to sell more flags in the US

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6NYX TIL on February 15, 1933, the Mayor of Chicago was shot by an Assassin who was instead aiming at President FDR. The Mayors reportedly said on the way to the hospital, where he later died: “I’m glad it was me and not you, Mr. President”
wo8yW TIL because trademarks can become generic - which means companies can lose rights to the mark - Transformers no longer transform in packaging and some marketing. They are listed as converting instead.
0wLNy TIL when praying mantis mate, the female bites off the male's head shortly after and then eats it's corpse for nourishment
m1Zro TIL, of the 3,000 slaves freed by the British in exchange for fighting during the American War for Independence (called the Black Loyalists), after relocating to Nova Scotia for a time, 1,200 ended up going to Africa in 1792 to become part of the new settlement of Sierra Leone
696vY TIL Henry Ford is the only American mentioned in Mein Kampf.