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TIL that in Rwanda, single-use plastics are banned

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e0waE TIL that the all black 369th regiment of the American Expeditionary force in WW1 was called the "Harlem Hellfighters" "due to their toughness and that they never lost a man through capture, lost a trench or a foot of ground to the enemy."
Zpl6Y TIL that Canadians can request a flag that was used on Parliament Hill. Despite flags being changed daily or weekly, depending on their placement, the high demand means the current wait time is over 100 years.
gVkA TIL that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, helped get two falsely accused men out of prison after solving their previously closed cases.
WkAGd TIL in 2014 a Scottish woman went to the hospital after contracting sepsis and doctors found a five-inch long dildo that had been lodged in her vagina for 10 years!
l7G0a TIL that single men in 1900s Argentina paid "professional lady rejectors" to avoid bachelor tax