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TIL the flag of Denmark is the oldest flag in the world still in use (since 1219).

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rajd TIL Dr. John Osborne, the first democratic governor of Wyoming, wore shoes he made of human skin to his inauguration. He removed the skin from the body of an executed train robber. He also made a doctor’s bag and coin purse. He gave the top of the skull to his 15 year old assistant as a souvenir.
Z808G TIL The number of men working in a lighthouse in the UK was increased from 2 to 3 following an 1801 incident where one half of a duo died, the other placed him outside and was then driven mad by the wind causing his dead colleagues arm to appear to beckon him.
GApmJ TIL that the PlayStation 2 continued to be produced until 2013, one of the longest lifespans of any video game console.
WkPJ4 TIL that for three months a man named Kasongo Ilunga was the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Minister of Trade and vice president of the UNAFEC Party despite, apparently, not actually existing.
e0de6 TIL "Titanic" stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet funded Titanic's last known survivor, Millvina Dean's, nursing home fees.