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TIL that Nepal is the only country in the world that has a non-quadrilateral flag.

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neQ8b TIL Lions who have been kicked out of their pride (pack) have gay sex to bond before trying to take over another pride.
BAVr TIL in 1152 while leading the defense for Newbury Castle, John Marshal was told to surrender immediately or his child would be hanged. John replied that he should go ahead saying, “I still have the hammer and the anvil with which to forge still more and better sons!”
VM4wG TIL in 1590 there was a Hungarian noblewoman named Elizabeth Báthory, aka Countess Dracula. She has the Guinness World Records as the most prolific female murderer of all time. The highest number of victims cited during her trial was 650, most of them servant girls aged 10 to 14 years
5nnn TIL (As an American) that the UK version of the “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” ads were done using Mitchell & Webb
PYMaJ TIL how the UK military recruiter mistook "cryptogamist" (algae expert) for "cryptogramist" and sent Geoffrey Tandy to join the code breakers; he wasn't so useful until captured German papers arrived water-logged; with his expertise they salvaged them, cracked the code, and hastened the victory.