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TIL Roald Dahl wrote "The Twits" because of his profound disgust for beards.

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yZjp TIL “backwards american flags” on airplanes and military uniforms are worn with the stars in front to “give the effect of the flag flying in the breeze as the wearer moves forward.”
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