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TIL that the Confederate States' Flag actually looks like the Betsy Ross Flag. The flag most believe to be the "Confederate Flag" is actually one of the Confederate Battle flags.

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Y7KoB TIL Lou Pai, one of Enron executives, resigned and sold his shares for $250 million to get divorced and marry a stripper. The company collapsed few months later.
6EEEZ TIL Ketogenic Diets Have “Profound Effect on Brain Function”: ’… two new studies published in Cell Metabolism show how cutting back carbohydrates and intermittent fasting not only helps with weight, but may stretch out your life while improving your memory along the way - in mice, at least.
ovm8 TIL The Philadelphia Police Department fired over 10,000 rounds and dropped a bomb on a house in West Philly on May 13, 1985. The bomb caught fire and burned down 65 homes, anyone attempting to escape the fire was shot at by police. 6 adults and 5 children were killed, only 2 people survived.
lbYV TIL Not only is there an internal clitoris, but it wasn’t studied till the 1990’s
Vl6m TIL that 18-year-old teenager helped scientists study her own rare type of cancer, and together they discovered a gene flaw possibly involved in the disease’s growth