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TIL Einstein held 6 different citizenships throughout his life due to changing regimes and residences. However, he was also stateless for 5 years from 1896–1901.

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e0x4J TIL The Queen of England has only ever broken protocol for The Changing Of The Guard once. On 9/12/2001, the day after The September 11th attacks on The World Trade Center in The United States. Instead of The English National Anthem being played during the change, it was the US National Anthem.
XbyP TIL that Kenya’s national motto is “Harambee,” a Kiswahili phrase that can be translated as “let us all pull together”
GYg4E TIL that the 1st overall draft pick in the inaugural NFL draft ultimately decided not to play in the NFL, rejecting offers from two teams, to ultimately work for a rubber company
69WJm TIL about second-price actions. Unlike normal auctions, players don't know what other people bid but the winner pays the price of the second-highest bidder. Microeconomics says that players will reveal their true price from the start instead of trying to manipulate the price like normal auctions
9YKAX TIL that in January 2009, an Al-Qaeda training camp in Algeria was reportedly wiped out by the plague.