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

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oBlAL TIL there is an adult Asian elephant with dwarfism living wild in Sri Lanka. Standing around 50% of normal adult size, it is not the result of intentional breeding. It is thought to be the only case of its kind.
d84mj TIL that the word 'disaster' literally means "bad star", and is derived from Italian 'disastro' (from 'dis-', expressing negation + 'astro', meaning star). The sense is astrological, of a calamity blamed on an unfavorable position of a planet
MeRQV TIL that before Zachary Taylor coined the term "First Lady", the President of the United States's wife was commonly referred to as the "Presidentress"
WkOe8 TIL that the 400 richest Americans could literally solve the world’s problems, by distributing their wealth, and still be billionaires once they were finished.