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TIL That in 2007 the state of Minnesota passed a law that took effect on January 1, 2008 making it illegal for retailers to sell American flags that aren't made in the USA

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OobyR TIL of Ignaz Trebitsch-Lincoln, a Hungarian Jew, throughout his life he had jobs such as a Christian Priest, an MP and conman, in WW1 he became a German spy, took part in a Nationalist Revolt in Germany and met Hitler, left to China and was a Buddhist Abbot and claimed he was the next Dali Lamar.
6EPdX TIL that snow traps atmospheric nitrogen, then releases it into the ground when it melts, acting as a "poor man's fertilizer"
YpQEA TIL Giraffe can run extremely fast - at a gallop they reach a speed of up to 60 km/h, which ranks them among the fastest animals in the savanna, right after the representatives of the cat family.
yVG4v TIL: Niger has more births per year than Japan despite having around 1/5th the population
neaR9 TIL Journalists and Activists Cant Account to Where Half a Billion in Charitable Donations to Haiti Went