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TIL that Ohio has its own state flag pledge that can be said in schools after the Pledge of Allegiance. The pledge was adopted in 2002 in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the state's flag.

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wQ1o TIL that Charlie Chaplin was one of Hitler’s favorite comedians, and despite the mockery against him in the Chaplin film The Great Dictator, Hitler had it screened twice in his private theater.
9lbm TIL Robin Williams was sued in 1986 after transmitting herpes to a waitress while cheating on his wife
VMVOZ TIL Agatha Christie's in-depth description of using Thallium to poison people in her novel, The Pale Horse, inspired several people to poison others in real life. In some instances, medical professionals who had read the book recognized the symptoms when others had not.
o8PE TIL in 1962 the USS Independence encountered the Italian ship Amerigo Vespucci, the former asked “who are you?”, after it received an answer, the American ship declared “You’re the most beautiful ship in the world”
4kBgX TIL the average trained dog knows about 165 words. Some even have a vocabulary as big as a human toddler's!