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TIL of buttock mail, a tax historically levied in Scotland as a punishment for sex outside of marriage

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x6edB TIL on Valentine's Day in 1991 during the Gulf War, the RAF attempted to airstrike a bridge in Fallujah with laser guided missiles, but they malfunctioned and hit a local marketplace. The RAF apologized and subsequently attacked the bridge again, hitting a different marketplace.
M7GKV TIL in 1997, Lottie Williams was walking in a park when she felt a tap on her shoulder. After turning around and seeing no one there, she found that a piece of mesh had fallen from the sky and tapped her. An analysis revealed the mesh was from a Delta II rocket on re-entry.
X0kvR TIL the Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911, and was only recovered 2 years later when the thief tried to sell it
VBnLD TIL not all rectangular national flags have the same proportions. Belgium (13:15), Niger (6:7) and Denmark (28:37) are almost a square. Paraguay (11:20), America (10:19) and Qatar (11:28) are flatter bois. El Salvador is a 189:335 and Togo is a 1:φ.
M7J4m Today I learned that Taylor Swift wrote the song "Teardrops on My Guitar" about one of her classmates, Drew Hardwick, who was later arrested in 2015 for aggravated child abuse.