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TIL that under Texas state law, schoolchildren must say the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States, followed by a separate pledge to the state of Texas, followed by a full minute of silence.

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5kGP TIL that two days after the Beatles released Sgt. Peppers, Paul McCartney and George Harrison went to a Jimi Hendrix show. Hendrix opened with Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band.
GY8P5 TIL that among all the equipment that cavers (spelunkers) need are also containers for securely transporting urine. On longer trips, containers for securely transporting feces out of the cave are carried as well. They must not leave behind that can disturb ecosystem in caves.
v1krK TIL that there were 17 natural nuclear reactors in Gabon.