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TIL The French Navy uses 30:33:37 proportions for its tricolour ensign. When flying in a breeze the fly (right) side appears relatively smaller and the hoist (left) side larger, and the asymmetry is an attempt to correct for this effect.

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R5bp7 TIL that Louis IX of France, also known as Saint Louis, was viewed as “primus inter pares” (first among equals) among the kings and rulers of Europe as he commanded the largest army and ruled the largest and wealthiest kingdom, the centre of European art and intellectual thought at the time.
lJ1N TIL that Tupac Shakur vehemently denied being a “gangsta’ rapper” publicly, & claimed to be misrepresented by the media: “I am not a gangster & never have been. I’m not the thief who grabs your purse…I’m not down with people who steal & hurt others. I’m just a brother who fights back.”
5Y55n TIL if the Queen of England moves her purse from her right arm to her left that a signal for her staff to come interrupt her conversation.
1a60D TIL the reason why Armstrong was the first man on the moon and not Aldrin was that the Eagle's hatch opened to one side, and it was towards the pilot, Aldrin. When the hatch was opened, the commander, Armstrong, had a clear path to exit, while the pilot was pinned in the cramped space of the module.
yVneM TIL a violent Welsh Nationlist movement attempted to bomb Prince Charles in 1969, only for their bomb to accidentally detonate a day early, killing two of the bombers.