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TIL flannel refers to a type of fabric, not a plaid or tartan pattern. "[N]ot all flannel shirts are plaid and not all plaid shirts are flannel."

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rRvBy TIL Squirrels are responsible for many of the power outages in the United States. The American Public Power Association has collected data on the issue for years and has come to one clear conclusion - "expect a higher incidence of squirrel-related outages in the spring and fall."
Z8VxQ TIL of Digby Tatham-Warter, A British Army officer who often carried an umbrella into battle during WW2. He once disabled a German armoured car by poking the driver in the eye with it.
5YQoD TIL Steve Irwin was posthumously given a star on the Hollywood walk of fame on the 26th of April 2018, over a decade after he earned it.
wo556 TIL the statement "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" was made up by the brand Kellogs to get more people to buy cereal.
OoQ44 TIL people who refer to themselves by name during inner monologues are calmer, less stressed and more confident than those who use “I” or “me” according to a research done by Michigan State University