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TIL Canada has a $300 Gold Coin with a Narwhal on it

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4krON TIL the flag of Bangladesh is a red circle with a green background, but the red circle is offset slightly toward the hoist so that it appears centered when the flag is flying
Jrol TIL that the wiggles used the fingers wagging move when being photographed with children because it was their policy that touching children, no matter how innocently, was inappropriate. It also protected them from possible litigation.
Oo0Me TIL "Kevinism" is a trend in Germany where parents give their children exotic sounding names which makes them a victim of ridicule. Especially someone called Kevin is perceived as "a particularly intellectually-challenged young person".
Rw7a TIL that there are three commemorative swords standing at 10 metres high on a small hill at the Hafrsfjord fjord in Stavanger of Norway.
j6Orj TIL in 2009 a Tennessee man confessed to killing a woman in 1995 on his "deathbed" after he suffered a heart attack & thought he was going to die. However, he survived & tried to retract it, but was still convicted. There had never been any real evidence against him until he unexpectedly provided it