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TIL it is illegal to burn the flag of any country in Denmark, with the exception of the Danish flag itself.

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oBeBR TIL that tattoo pigments can be transported through the lymphatic system and deposited in the lymph nodes where it then stains the lymph node tissue. This effect was observed in tissue samples taken from cadavers.
4XEdb TIL Enron renamed themselves EOG Resources and continue to operate today
GYBXg TIL An estimated 1,382 shipping containers are lost overboard at sea during transportation each year, never to be found again.
v10mB TIL forensic hand analysis is a real thing
Oov6Y TIL actors Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt were temporarily blinded with 'burnt retinas' on the set of Twister (1996) by bright lamps used to make the sky look stormy.