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TIL about the correct way to dispose of a tattered Canadian flag: unceremoniously burn it (if natural) or respectfully cut it apart colour-wise and put it in a garbage bag (if synthetic).

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nWoJG TIL that in 1974, filmmaker Bob Clark directed a horror film, "Black Christmas," about a deranged killer who murdered girls on a sorority campus during the Christmas season. 9 years later in 1983, Clark once again directed a Christmas film, this time a family-comedy, titled "A Christmas Story."
JY9G1 TIL people were still using the phrase 'abracadabra' in the late 1600s to try to ward off the plague in London
X07DD TIL The Magna Carta was annulled by Pope Innocent III and reinstated multiple times by different English Kings. While perceived as a constitution the Magna Carta was limited to 25 Barons and the King, and the document has been almost entirely repealed or replaced with new laws over the centuries.
d8yYZ TIL a day before Elvis Presley died on 16 August 1977, Jerry Ehman of Ohio State University detected an unusually strong signal from space. Instead of the typical random numbers, there was a stream 30 times louder than the background buzz of deep space. Ehman was so amazed he wrote the word "wow!"
WkW0A TIL Socrates suggested a passive solar design for Greek houses. All openings faced south and roofs were angled north. Houses remained cool during summer since the roof provided shade, and warm during winter since the roof deflected cold north winds and sunlight entered through the south openings.