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TIL of Ulster Nationalism, the belief that Northern Ireland shouldn't be apart of either the UK or the Republic of Ireland, but be a independent state.

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wLOaY TIL one of the origin theories of the modern military salute comes from France. Knights were thought to greet one another in respect by lifting their visor with their free hand to reveal their face. The hand gesture of lifting the visor being similar to the "salute" hand gesture we do today.
m14yR TIL that in Japan, Denmark and Uruguay, it’s legal to desecrate the national flag. However, it’s illegal in those countries to desecrate other nations’ flags.
XEkdj TIL that 'Eigengrau' is the name of the gray color humans see in the absence of light
4QK6 TIL the voice of Patrick Star, Bill Fagerbakke, of Spongebob fame is a 6’ 6" three-sport athlete from high school, a star defensive lineman from college, and was acclaimed by the Juilliard School of Performing Arts as an excellent Shakespearean actor.
0K0L TIL when Beethoven was challenged to an improvisation duel by one of his rivals named Steibelt, Beethoven took a piece of Steibelt’s music, turned it upside down, played it, then improvised on that theme for over an hour. Steibelt simply left halfway through.