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Today I learned that the Flag of Amsterdam is meant to represent a triple cross of St Andrew's.

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xD75 TIL: Plants produce capsaicin to discourage rodents from eating the fruit (and grinding the seeds in the process) but birds can’t detect the chemical and don’t destroy the seeds
g7W7 TIL that when Marie Curie’s body was exhumed it was found that her radium levels were below the acceptable limit. She likely got cancer from her early work in the military, not from her pioneering research into radioactivity.
J18yj TIL that a young Joe Pesci introduced to one another the musicians that would later make the band "The Four Seasons". Joe was also a musician, and even released a 1968 album "Little Joe Sure Can Sing!"
pxW4 TIL that before the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911, the painting was so unknown that the Washington Post used the wrong image of the painting in their article reporting the theft
RbD9 TIL The Dutch Santa Claus (Sinterklaas) delivers presents on a gray horse accompanied by black men and kidnaps children to bring to Spain if they’re naughty.