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TIL Germany's flag is actually an alternative to the actual flag

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WgyB TIL that Tyler Bates, the composer of the Guardians of the Galaxy score and other film scores like 300 and Watchmen, is the guitarist for Marilyn Manson
rNVGM TIL the specifics about an ancient Greek sex position has been lost to history. In Aristophanes' comedy Lysistrata, women going on a sex strike vow to never "assume the position of the lioness on the cheese grater."
x6gEk TIL deep penetrating "earthquake bombs", made of almost 50% high-tensile steel, were invented by Barnes Wallis, the British inventor of the bouncing bomb used by the Dambusters in WW2. The 22,000lb / 10,000kg Grand Slam was the largest non-nuclear bomb used in WW2.
x9Dg TIL the original Zoboomafoo is still around and has fathered five children
9YOdB TIL the dragon snake's most notable feature is their unusual skin with 3 rows of enlarged, keeled scales running down its back resembling the backs of some crocodilians. When threatened, this non-venomous snake stiffens its body into a straight line. It is native to SE Asia and mainly eat frogs.