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p8lLG TIL that there is a standard for sending internet packets using people and flags
xVVN5 TIL Under the original terms of the U.S. Constitution, the President could not choose his vice president, instead it was the canditate with the second most votes.
wLyX6 TIL The novel/film "Looking For Mr. Goodbar" was based on a true story. It was based on the murder of school teacher Roseann Quinn in 1973. She was stabbed 18 times by a man she met that night at a bar and brought home. When he was finally caught he hung himself in jail.
grBkb TIL for 18 days in 1520, Henry VIII & Francis I convened a celebration of "unmatched proportions" called The Field of Cloth of Gold which cost the equivalent of £15m ($19m). Ostensibly organized as an affirmation of the 2 kings’ friendship, it also afforded them both the chance “to outdo the other".
v1bRR TIL that during the raid to kill Bin Laden nobody brought a tape measure and a 6 foot Seal was used as a human tape measure to verify Osama Bin Laden's height.