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

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ANOjx Today I learned that the Goosebumps series of novels was originally aimed at girls.
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a8vX9 TIL that the anthem of the French football club Le Havre AC is sung to the tune of God Save the King to honour its English founders
R76x1 TIL that the Pirates of the Caribbean ride opened at Disneyland in 1967 and the movies are based on the ride
9Y9rM TIL that Frank Abignale, who was a master conman and subject of the 2002 movie Catch Me If you Can (played by Leonardo di Caprio), once collected money by putting an out-of-service sign over a collection box. He was surprised that it worked, stating later, "How can a drop box be out of service?"