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TIL An American Flag survived the Challenger explosion and was the flag raised at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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AKbg TIL that out of 1,000,000 LEGO blocks manufactured, only about 18 blocks are rejected.
gMemL TIL that houses in Bermuda have white stepped roofs to harvest rain water and store it, as the island has no fresh-water springs, rivers or lakes.
BrExd TIL Cherokee Native Americans began purchasing African slaves in the 1800s to labor on European style plantations and in mines. By the time of the civil war they owned over 8000 slaves who made up 14% of the population in the Cherokee territory.
p8LaN TIL Indonesia is the world’s largest island nation it contains thousands and thousands of islands. Indonesia has so many islands it has never been able to fully count or name them. Indonesia is embarking on an ambitious island census to count the islands and registering their names.
OmKg TIL 40% of Americans believe the Earth is less than 10,000 years old and 25% of them don’t know the Earth revolves around the Sun