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TIL the phrase "under God" was added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954 as part of the Cold War

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vPKAL TIL that the Irish and Scottish legends claim they originated from a Pharaoh of Egypt
EgrV7 TIL in 2009, Stephen Hawking threw an open party for everyone, only announcing it after it was finished to ensure that only time-travelers knew about it. Unsurprisingly, no one came up.
lowBB TIL the Girl Scouts had a "Computing Fun" badge in the 1980s that featured the binary code 00111 10011 on its patch. This translated to 7 and 19, and when mapped onto the order of the alphabet stands for G S, the Girl Scouts.
YEmB TIL in 1999, the leader of North Korea was Kim Jong-il - and the leader of South Korea was Kim Jong-pil
j6JKR TIL that the prestige in holding the Blue Riband for the highest average speed in crossing the Atlantic, was such that the British government gave the shipping firm Cunard a £2.5 million loan to help take the title back from Germany, which Cunard did.