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TIL that Canadians can request a flag that was used on Parliament Hill. Despite flags being changed daily or weekly, depending on their placement, the high demand means the current wait time is over 100 years.

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6EEyZ TIL Hitler and Himmler believed Atlantis was the homeland of the Aryan race... and spent resources trying to find it
4kLER TIL that Natalie Imbruglia’s “Torn” was a cover of a cover; it was first recorded in 1997 by Danish singer Lis Sørensen, then in 1994 by the original songwriters’ band Ednaswap (1994), followed by Trine Rein in 1996, before becoming a massive international hit in 1997 with Natalie’s version.
LQMKP TIL that the Greeks had a word for something like gaslighting: eristic arguments.
4kmxR TIL that in 2000, Pope John Paul II became a Harlem Globetrotter
X0oLD TIL most blind people with no perception of light experience continual circadian desynchrony