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Til that in the USA there are specific rules of how to dispose of a worn-out flag

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4Xxo5 TIL that in the Falklands, an abandoned minefield has accidentally become a penguin sanctuary. The mines were set in the Falklands conflict and have remained there since, keeping humans away. The local Magellanic penguins are too small to set them off and have thrived in the area.
Oox4X TIL about Al - Naslaa rock that's mysteriously split in a perfectly straight line down the middle.
xEv1 TIL that Craig Ferguson (Late Late Show host) and Peter Capaldi (new doctor who) were together on a band called “The Bastards from Hell”
5Vw0P TIL the word 'Rooster' originated in the mid to late 18th century as a euphemism to avoid the sexual connotation of the original English 'Cock', and is widely used throughout North America.
logM5 TIL that groundhogs and woodchucks are the same animal.