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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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paB8 TIL Steve Jobs is buried in an unmarked grave
LkJrv TIL instead of cookies and milk, some Irish families leave a pint of Guinness for Santa on Christmas Eve.
69QLl TIL that in 1955 Campbell’s launched a campaign proposing its beef bouillon as a cocktail drink, proposing it with a squeeze of lemon, a dash of Worcestershire sauce, or even bitters, then garnishing it with a twist of lemon or slice of cucumber. The campaign continued until the 1970s
gyO9 TIL there is a 99.26% correlation (r=0.992558) between divorce rates in Maine and the per capita consumption of margarine.
1ZrP TIL a 4 year old girl was the only survivor of a horrific plane crash in Detroit in 1987 because her mother shielded her before impact.