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TIL: Portland, OR is one of a few major cities that does not fluoridate their water because they believe it is harmful to human health.

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PYYBn TIL that Earth has a proposed official flag by the Swedish artist Oskar Pernefeldt.
epK5J TIL: The 6 Mitford sisters were a famous aristocratic family heavily involved in wildly different political scenes in the 1900s. Unity was a close friend of Hitler and visited him often, Diana married the leader of British Union of Fascists, Jessica joined the American Communist Party, etc.
9Y4lX TIL- A retired man from Kansas robbed a bank in 2017 but stuck around until the police showed up. He left a note to his wife saying he'd rather be in jail that at home with her. He was sentenced to house arrest.
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