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TIL Denmark’s flag is the oldest flag currently in use, designed in 1219 and unchanged since

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e0NrJ TIL that a Taliban commander wanted with a bounty on his head gave himself up to try to collect that bounty.
AD9Od TIL Hugh Laurie realised he had severe clinical depression after feeling neither excited nor frightened after seeing two cars collide and explode in front of him. He later commented: "Boredom is not an appropriate response to exploding cars."
rNBaW TIL that octopuses have three hearts. Two of these hearts pump blood to the gills, while the third pumps it to the rest of the body. When an octopus swims, the heart that delivers blood to the body actually stops beating, which explains why they prefer crawling to swimming—it’s less tiring for them!
5V00p TIL Thomas Edward Fitzpatrick, nicknamed Tommy Fitz, was an American pilot known for two intoxicated flights where he flew from New Jersey and landed on the streets of New York City.
gXdL TIL President John F. Kennedy was a huge James Bond fan. He viewed an early print of ‘From Russia with Love’ at the White House on Nov 21st, 1963. It was the last film he ever saw, he was killed the next day in Dallas.