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TIL from 1814-1830 the French flag was just plain white

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10LW TIL that the whole world watches less porn on Christmas, except for Japan
LkkM0 TIL Angus Young, the lead guitarist, and co-founder of AC/DC is a teetotaller!
GMQ1 TIL magic mushrooms may give users trippy experiences by creating a hyperconnected brain. The active ingredient in the psychedelic drug, psilocybin, seems to completely disrupt the normal communication networks in the brain, by connecting “brain regions that don’t normally talk together.”
9yM7 TIL Mithridates VI was so paranoid of being poisoned that he took small doses throughout his life to build up an immunity. When he was finally captured by the Romans, he tried to kill himself with poison but failed because he was immune.
v1XjK TIL Oscar Hammerstein II is the only perso to win an Oscar and be named Oscar.