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TIL that the flag of Bermuda has a sinking ship on it.

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ARaB TIL In U.S. today, 87% Approve of Black-White Marriage, vs. 4% in 1958.
OG0K7 TIL of Cockaigne, an imaginary land of plenty in medieval myth, where physical comforts and pleasures are always immediately at hand. In Cockaigne, abbots are beaten by their monks, nuns are flipped over to show their bottoms, and the skies rain cheese.
DQVEJ TIL the original definition of "the exception that proves the rule." Although often misused today, the phrase should apply to things like "Casual Friday," an exception that proves the existence of a dress code on other days
GAA6E TIL "Biosphere 2" was a closed ecological system which produced food sufficiency for the seven human inhabitants
69NdQ TIL: the sports rating system ELO, most seen in competitive chess, isn't an acronym but the last name of it's inventor, the Hungarian Arpad Elo (1903-1992). He came up with a more fair rating based on the then current one. Other sports use it well, often with minor tweaks and naming.