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TIL that the official flag of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (a federal subject of Russian Federation) looks like a rainbow pride flag

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4ogR TIL that in 2006, Florida passed Amendment 3 which states that any proposed amendment to or revision of the State Constitution requires at least 60% of votes. It passed with 57%.
KYL44 TIL about baby cages. The first commercial patent for a baby cage was filed in 1922 by Emma Read of Spokane, Washington.
xVWD1 TIL An estimated 92% of U.S. dollar bills contain traces of cocaine
nWjoG TIL about the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - a US government agency maintaining a reference catalogue of almost any item known; from peanut butter to New Jersey waste water samples. And everything is for sale.
Lpmp TIL Along with poor service the CEO of Time Warner takes a salary so large many of their employees would have to work for 1,000 years to equal it.