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TIL that all 6 American flags on the moon have turned completely white.

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xVBo7 TIL that the number of Jews worldwide as of 2019, is the same number of Jews there were in 1925, pre-WW2.
kJLpW TIL some types of fig require a special breed of wasp to pollinate the females fruits. The female wasp crawls inside through a hole so narrow that she loses her wings in the process and becomes trapped. The fig produces an enzyme that digests this wasp completely, so the crunchy bits are just seeds
wL8wY TIL Little Caeser's founder discreetly paid Rosa Parks' rent for 14 years in a nicer area after she was robbed and assaulted in her apartment in a rough area
VB7R0 TIL that Air Guitar is a competitive sport and that it has a world championship
ADLG7 TIL Clare Hollingworth, an English journalist who first broke the story of the German occupation of Poland in 1939, putting her phone out her window so a doubting British diplomat could hear the tanks.