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TIL The name Six Flags comes from the flags of the six different nations that have governed Texas

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ojN7 TIL that the BBC regularly rehearses the Queen’s death in order to make sure that their coverage of it goes without a hitch when she does die.
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mxDky TIL that a man in the UK grew tired of cold callers to his phone line, so he set up his own phone line as a premium rate number. When cold callers phoned him, he would be making money by keeping them talking.
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neOEr TIL about Dead Hand, a Russian "fail deadly" system against an enemy's nuclear decapitation strike. If the Russian leadership is wiped out, seismic and other sensors that detect nuclear explosions will allow crews to launch a retaliatory strike.