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TIL Blackbeard’s flag depicted a skeleton spearing a heart while toasting the devil.

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d0M8 TIL The original California Constitution was written in both English and Spanish
QPvX TIL that selective breeding creates language barriers in dogs and makes it harder for them to communicate and socialize normally. [i.e., if Fluffy keeps getting into fights at the dog park, this might be why.]
KjyR TIL that the smallest living bird is nary larger than a bee and weighs less than a single US penny
xynD TIL five men agreed to stand directly under an exploding nuclear bomb.. All of them walked away unscathed.
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