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TIL - There is no evidence that Betsy Ross designed the first America Flag. It is very likely that her descendants made up the story in order to get her into the history books.

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pYJmG TIL that the lyrics of South Africa's national anthem employ the five most widely spoken of their eleven official languages – Xhosa, Zulu, Sesotho, Afrikaans, and English. The lyrics are sung in these languages regardless of the native language of the singer.
yjwa TIL that in Canada, a piece of land must have a tree on it to be called Island.
Bjar TIL that a man cycled from New Delhi to Sweden to meet his love.
XZAP TIL Alaskan Killer Whales sometimes eat deer and moose swimming between islands on the northwest coast of Alaska
LRrv TIL an epidemic of contagious laughter broke out in Tanzania in 1962, which lasted over six months and affected thousands of people