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TIL that in Japan, Denmark and Uruguay, it’s legal to desecrate the national flag. However, it’s illegal in those countries to desecrate other nations’ flags.

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epwBb TIL Cats have little to no ability to taste sweetness
vZbr TIL the US representative of the WHO had a publication discontinued after it said that cocaine used occasionally does not typically lead to severe or even minor physical or social problems because it failed to reinforce proven drug control approaches.
kJ571 TIL That a 1.1 grade in Germany is equivalent to 9.8/10 in Indian Scale
YppoG Velvet worms can shoot strings of goo Spiderman-like from their mouths to entangle their prey.
PY5Dw TIL that in Kosovo, boys are sometimes given the name Tonibler in honor of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair due to his role in the 1999 NATO air campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War