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TIL that despite later becoming an icon of the south, the confederate flag was never the national flag of the Confederate States of America

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QNJ6X TIL When AIDS patient Steve Pieterson was interviewed by Tammy Faye Baker on her program House Party With Tammy Faye he had a prognosis of approximately 6 months to live having been diagnosed in 1982. He's still alive today.
GW4j TIL that a woman believed “crunch berries” in Cap'n crunch were actual fruit for years, and attempted to sue Pepsico when she found out they weren’t. The judge dismissed it as “common sense” knowledge.
A1Vd TIL that Michael Bay walked out of the screening of Friday the 13th (2009), a movie that he produced, because it had too much sex.
RRW9 TIL China has executed at least 14 Billionaires in 8 years between 2003 and 2011.
mBNO TIL a project aims to restore NYC Jamaica Bay’s once thriving oyster population by creating inviting beds for them out of broken toilets. The oysters could help limit erosion and improve water quality by naturally filtering pollutants out.