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TIL that the US Flag Code states when a flag is no longer in appropriate condition it “should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.”

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eG4g TIL that in the 16th century, prestigious mathematics professorships could be “won” by defeating the current professor in a public algebra competition
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