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TIL the Pledge of Allegiance was created as part of a marketing campaign to sells flags to public schools.

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loB15 TIL that Guillermo Del Toro's father was kidnapped in Mexico and the kidnappers wanted $1 million for his release. James Cameron became aware of this and paid the ransom, even recommending a negotiator.
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9wPeM TIL the glass doors on a wood fireplace are supposed to be open when a fire is going
xVPJB TIL that there is a part of Mount Everest known as the Rainbow Valley. It is named not because there are rainbows there, but because of the brightly-colored jackets on the frozen corpses that litter the valley.