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TIL That rules about how to address the US flag came about because Americans didn’t want to look like Nazis.

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QJxW9 TIL that it costs between $116,000 and $263,000 to open a Subway. In contrast, it costs between $1 million and $2.2 million to open a McDonald's.
1g5r TIL Led Zeppelin let Ben Affleck use “When the Levee Breaks” in Argo with condition he digitally alter the player’s needle drop to correct spot on the record
KOJ49 TIL: Plato's real name was Aristocles, and that 'Plato' was a nickname (roughly 'the broad') derived either from the width of his shoulders, the results of training for wrestling, or from the breadth of his style, or from the size of his forehead.
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