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TIL the Yongle Dadian was the biggest paper encyclopedia ever, comprising 22,937 manuscript rolls, or chapters, in 11,095 volumes (only 800 chapters in 400 volumes survived), on subjects such as agriculture, literature, medicine and religion

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JYRBQ TIL that while not enforceable, the U.S. has a flag code which advises Americans on proper flag usage. Examples include, No marking or changing the flag's colors, It must be lowered at night unless properly lit, a flag may not be used on a float without a pole, and no flag apparel of any sort.
mxoPo TIL that a fish at the Vancouver Aquarium was given a prosthetic eye so it wouldn’t be bullied by other fish.
RG86 TIL Guy Fawkes wasn’t executed, he died by breaking his neck falling from the platform built to hang him
78aw7 TIL that milky liquid in dandelions is latex.
A6gn TIL around Halloween in 2012, Hurricane Sandy upended a giant oak tree in New Haven. In the roots of the tree were several skeletons from the 18th century and a forgotten 100-year-old time capsule.