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TIL flags are flown at half-mast because the invisible flag of death is flying at the top.

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dDpXZ TIL that a medical study has shown that surgeons who play video games at least three hours a week perform, on average, 27% faster, while making 37% fewer errors.
gMj6L TIL that while the universe is expanding our portion is not. Also the "dark" in dark matter and dark energy simply implies unknown.
yVBKV TIL that Neapolitan ice cream was created by the head chef for Prussian Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau. Pückler owned an Ethiopian girl whom he purchased at a slave market in Cairo when she was just 11 years old, remaining his sex slave until her death at 16 from tuberculosis
VD68 TIL The NFL split $7.24 billion in revenue with 32 teams last season, and the one reason we know that is because the Green Bay Packers put out an annual financial report. They are the only non-profit team.
P10Bg TIL there is a scientific term for post-nut clarity