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TIL The current flag of the USA was designed by a 17 year old for a school project. He received a B-

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l7pG7 TIL that what we refer to as “The Star-Spangled Banner” is actually only one of four stanzas of the poem it was derived from.
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grrnL TIL in the 1700s oysters were so overly abundant and popular in New York City that the discarded shells were repurposed into mortar paste to aid NY’s building boom. Trinity Church is an example of a building built with oyster-shells.