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TIL one of the "Flags" in the "Six Flags" Theme Park is the Confederate Flag

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Verp TIL that 91,4 % of 9/11 survivors put off evacuation to shut down Computers or to go to the bathroom before evacuating.
XwPE TIL Christian von Koenigsegg believed that one day, computer memory chips would be able to store an entire CD’s worth of data and that it would probably be a cheaper way to buy and store music. However, no one seemed interested in the idea, so, Christian moved on.
jnyE TIL Paul Reubens tested out the appeal of the Pee Wee Herman character by responding to a cattle call audition for the Dating Game. They called him to appear on the show before he even made it back home.
n7lb TIL coal power plants produce more nuclear waste than nuclear power plants
VMgp4 TIL when Francis Ford Coppola asked Al Pacino if he would star in ‘Apocalypse Now,’ Pacino replied, “I know what this is going to be like. You're going to be up there in a helicopter telling me what to do, and I'm gonna be down in a swamp for five months." The shoot actually lasted sixteen months.