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TIL that the Flag of the European Union was Inspired by the Blessed Virgin Mary

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GxVj TIL murderer Richard McNair mailed himself out of prison, convinced a police officer he wasn’t the fugitive they were looking for, and lived in Canada for over a year while running a blog on himself
PYErV TIL Halloween has experienced exponential growth over the last decade thanks mostly to millennials, as 8 out of 10 people who celebrate Halloween are millennials
GmW5 TIL Pee-Wee’s house in Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure was a residential home owned by a “Chinese woman who barely spoke English” in Pasadena, CA. The director painted it fire engine red. “When we went in to do the house and painted it red, she was terrified that everyone would think she was a Communist.“
DQ8nD TIL: Tiffany re-recorded "I Think We're Alone Now" in 2019.
ZKYv TIL that in 1944, 4 million Indians died because of an artificial famine created by the British government.