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TIL Puerto Rico (a U.S. territory) competes in the Olympics under their own flag.

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a8N5N TIL in North Carolina, it is a class 3 misdemeanor to ‘use profanity on the highway’
rN9ax TIL not all wine is vegan. This is because of the 'fining' process which traditionally used casein (a milk protein), albumin (egg whites), gelatin (animal protein) and isinglass (fish bladder protein).
4Xy95 TIL that COLLABORATIONISM does not carry the same positive connotation as its root word. It instead refers to the carrying out an act of treason; most commonly applicable to WW-II
rRKQy TIL doctors managed to keep Hisashi Ouchi alive for 83 days after he was blasted with 17 sieverts of radiation, the highest recorded dose any human has ever received. Estimated to be the equivalent to the epicenter of the Hiroshima bomb, the radiation annihilated his DNA and immune system.
X0mw8 TIL 265 crates of black tea and 75 crates of green were dumped at the Boston Tea Party