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TIL the flag for the US state of Washington literally has an image of George Washington on it

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R79Yl TIL: National Pizza Month observance began in October 1984, and was created by Gerry Durnell, the publisher of Pizza Today magazine.
YpZWP TIL that it's illegal to die in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (Norway) because dead bodies weren't decomposing properly because of how far north it is. If someone is dying, every effort will be made to ship them to the mainland.
6EVe7 TIL that the length of a music single was determined by the weight-driven pulley system on a 1920's recording machine called the Scully Lathe. The pulley allowed approximately three and a half minutes to record before a 100lb weight hit the floor, thus determining the length of a single to this day.
kW55 TIL that if a person is being crushed for hours (e.g. by earthquake debris), they should not be removed too quickly. Otherwise toxins from dying muscle may flood their bloodstream and kill them.
XQV8 TIL the Q in Q-tips stands for “quality”, and that they were originally called “baby gays”