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TIL that the five Olympic rings were introduced in 1912 with the five colors representing each and every colour that appeared on the flags of the Olympic's competing nations at that time

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KOMZ4 TIL that Oman has a strong tradition of Scottish bagpipe music, owing to their Sultan having served in a Scottish regiment of the British Army
WkpZN TIL about Richard L. McKinley, who died in a nuclear plant accident. His body ended so contaminated that had to be buried in a lead-lined casket which was then sealed in concrete and placed in a metal vault and cannot be moved from its location without the approval of the Atomic Energy Commission.
rNJ1d TIL That Pablo Escobar's hippos have become an invasive species in Colombia
v1eEL TIL A nurse treated female patient's genitals like a ventriloquist's dummy in front of colleagues. He was examining in front of three colleagues when he “pulled her labia apart and said ‘Hello my name is [Patient A]’, treating her labia like a puppet”, a Nursing and Midwifery Council panel heard.
gM1n7 TIL In 2004 street artist Banksy printed counterfeit 10 pound notes with Princess Diana's face replacing the Queen's and threw them into crowds. They were soon worth over 200 pounds each.