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TIL that Earth has a proposed official flag by the Swedish artist Oskar Pernefeldt.

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gMnE4 TIL a 39 story building in Seoul was evacuated after tremors were felt on the top floors. Instead of an earthquake, it was found that an exercise class on the 12th floor was playing Snap!'s "The Power", which happened to match the building's resonant frequency and caused it to violently shake.
KlXJ TIL oil companies in Alberta’s tar sands use more water in a year than the entire city of Toronto, pay nothing for it, and don’t clean it up
d49B TIL 101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan (Wendy) are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents that are present and don’t die throughout the movie
M7ANK TIL that the Sahara is roughly the same size as China or the USA
wLk1Y TIL if a service dog approaches you without it’s owner, the owner is down or in need of help.