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TIL that flags fly at half-mast or half-staff to make room for an invisible flag of death to be flown above it.

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4kXjw TIL about ring species, when a bunch of groups who live in a circle or ring can crossbreed with another group next to them, except for the two end points of the ring, whose species cannot cross breed due to being too distant.
v1pjK TIL The WWII German submarine U-69's official crest contained the phrase (in German) Tally ho! with signal flags for the letters L M A...which stand for exactly what you think it stands for. Nice.
9Y6lM TIL Actor Joe Pesci got his start as a musician, playing guitar with Joey Dee and the Starliters. When he left the band he was replaced by a then-unknown Jimi Hendrix
6bGQ TIL that pygmy chimpanzees often engages in 69s, gay- and lesbian sex, and they also celebrate finding food with orgies.
NWKe TIL In 2005 Benedict Cumberbatch was abducted and held at gunpoint by armed men in South Africa. After being let go he was eventually rescued by a stranger. He commented: “It taught me that you come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It’s made me want to live a life less ordinary.”