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TIL that Dominica and Nicaragua are the only two nations in the world to have the color purple included in their national flags.

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epw4L TIL that Pedro Filho, the Brazilian serial killer that killed nearly 100 violent criminals and was the inspiration for Dexter Morgan, is now a YouTuber with 250,000 subscribers
p8GWp TIL that the makers of SPAM sued Jim Henson Productions for using the name "Spa'am" for a pig character. A judge dismissed the suit, and noted that "one might think Hormel (the maker) would welcome the association with a genuine source of pork."
78L6Z TIL that the world's oldest company was a Japanese construction firm called Kongō Gumi, which operated continuously from 578 AD until 2006—over 1,400 years.
9YED7 TIL many organ donation recipients report new traits and tendencies (such as food cravings) that they share with their donor.
g5W TIL The military asked the President permission to blow up a plane full of American college students on vacation, as well as murder mothers and children in the streets of major cities through sniper attacks, to blame it on Cuba and start a war. John F. Kennedy refused