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TIL the USA flag used in the late 50’s was designed by a 17 year old kid for a school project, to which he got a B-. He submitted the flag to congress as a joke and they accepted it.

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wL1Q6 TIL The battleship Imperator Aleksandr III was built by Imperial Russia, taken by Provisional Russia, given to Germany, given to Britain, given to White Russians, and then sold for scrap by the French. The ship guns were then sold to the Finns, stolen by Nazis, and returned to Russia after WW2.
kJ65g TIL Domestic Dogs are the only species to understand pointing gestures!
5A18 TIL that a Tennessee Death Row inmate wished for his last meal to be a pizza for a homeless person. Prison officials refused to honor his request and enraged witnesses paid for $1,200 worth of pizza for hundreds of homeless people in response.
AjG7 TIL In Stringtown, Oklahoma, population 400, 76 percent of the town’s 2013 budget came from traffic tickets. After a state investigation into excessive speed trapping the town’s police department was disbanded.
R7RQ TIL that some Japanese soldiers refused to accept that WWII ended until as late as 1972, and even then, had to be convinced by their lieutenant.