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TIL it is possible for numbers to be illegal

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7LM TIL much of what we know about pirates comes from a single primary source with questionable reliability.
KYo8G TIL: During the US Civil War, a Minnesota regiment captured a confederate flag, during the Battle of Gettysburg (1863), from the Virginia army. Virginia's made many requests over the years to return the flag, even getting Congress and the President to request it and each time Minnesota has refused.
6E61l TIL The only real world example of sky pirates happened in 1917 when a Norwegian ship was captured by a German raiding party who boarded and seized the ship from a Zeppelin.
XEAJr TIL Jesus' historical name would most likely have been Yeshua ben Yosef haNotzri, which means: "Joshua, son of Joseph of Nazareth"
XmwP TIL the origin of The Swedish Chef: Jim Henson had this tape that he used to play which was ‘How to Speak Mock Swedish’. And he would drive to work trying to make a chicken sandwich in Mock Swedish or make a turkey casserole in Mock Swedish.