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TIL although the U.S. Code says that burning is the preferred method to dispose of a Flag, people also do so via flag burial.

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EgKK0 TIL - China is by far the country with the most executions and they even have so called Death Vans which will just pick you up and execute you on the spot!
6EDWJ TIL the last Duke of Berry (assassinated in 1820) was survived by his pregnant wife and three pregnant mistresses
1a6XW TIL the United States Treasury used to print 5 denominations of money larger than $100. They were used mostly as government transactions, and were all discontinued in 1969. It is illegal to be in posession of a $100,000 bill, a Gold Certificate, due to Executive Order 6102.
WkmQ9 TIL that slaveholders in the US knew that enslaved people were escaping to Mexico, the U.S. tried to get Mexico to sign a fugitive slave treaty, but Mexico refused to sign such a treaty, insisting that all enslaved people were free once they set foot on Mexican soil.
VBloB TIL the first director of the Big Brother series also directed The Human Centipede movies