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TIL that the owner of the world’s largest flag, Thomas Demski, had to take down the “Superflag” after neighbors complained that it flapped too loudly. The flag is 505 x 225 feet in size and weighs 3,000 pounds.

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j6XAQ TIL Silphium is an unidentified/extinct plant - the exact identity is unclear, highly debated - that was used as a contraceptive and an abortifacient by ancient Greeks and Romans. The plant was also used as seasoning, medicine, perfume, aphrodisiac.
ERWP TIL the phrase “forgiveness is easier than permission” can be traced back to Grace Hopper, a Navy officer and programmer
N7V1E TIL in 2003 unknown Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman proved the long awaited Poincaré conjecture publishing it openly. He is the only person to reject Fields Medal, Clay Millennium prize of $1,000,000 and EMS prize. He has since vanished back to obscurity.
9YRPp TIL Goofy actually is a dog, not a cow
5VxDp TIL that the conical hood is called a Capirote that is originally used by Catholic Penitants dating its use as far back to the Inquisition times before it was appropriated by a certain Wizard Klub. It is still being used today by penitants in parts of Spain Mexico and Guatemala during Holy Week.