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TIL the Alaskan state flag was designed by a thirteen year old who had won a contest

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GARWN TIL Whiskey and Whisky are different distilled spirits
6EenY TIL about Bill Baxley, elected Atty. Gen. of Alabama at 29 yrs old in 1970. He reopened the 16th St. Church Bombing case and received a threatening letter from Edward R. Fields, Grand Dragon of the KKK. Baxley’s reply was short & sweet: “My response to your letter of Feb. 19, 1976 is - kiss my ass.”
GB9j TIL that Rihanna was sued for her use of the sample “Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa” in her song “Please Don’t Stop the Music” because she only got permission for using it via Michael Jackson from his use of the sample in “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin” and not from the original artist Manu Dibango.
R5jR4 TIL that the phrase "Friends of Bill W" is a dogwhistle meaning members of Alcoholics Anonymous, after the organization's co-founder Bill Wilson.
Z8grY TIL that The Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio, the abandoned prison where The Shawshank Redemption was filmed, was purchased for $1 and converted into a tourist attraction that nets $16 million annually.