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TIL in Denmark it’s illegal to burn the flags of foreign countries but legal to burn the Danish flag

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RaP4 TIL Americans throw away “enough aluminum to rebuild our entire commercial air fleet every three months
ZgPv TIL in falconry that birds reared from hatchlings by a human become sexually imprinted on that human. To breed, the human lets the male bird copulate with his head while he is wearing a special hat with pockets on to catch the male bird’s semen.
VMgbk TIL Small packets in beef jerky are not moisture absorbers but oxygen absorbers to prevent oxidation of fat
wLRQW TIL that Herbert Hoover's last known written words were a get well message to his friend Harry Truman, six days before his death, after he heard that Truman had sustained injuries from slipping in a bathroom.
MeVZ8 TIL that Old Faithful was once used to do laundry. Clothes were placed in the geyser prior to an eruption, and the clothes would then be ejected thoroughly cleaned.