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TIL There’s a bullied special needs girl in Arizona being protected by her high school’s football team.

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JYk5l TIL that the U.S. Constitution gives the Senate the sole power to declare war and that the last time they did was for WWII.
4XDdb TIL: At the end of the Buddy Holly song, "I'm Gonna Love You Too," there's a live cricket chirp that can be heard on the recording. Holly and the group decided to leave it in the song as it was on beat, and his band has only months earlier decided to call themselves The Crickets.
8eklZ TIL The Ashoka Diamond, named after Ashoka the Great (a 3rd-century Indian emperor), is a breathtaking 41.37-carat D-flawless diamond of extraordinary cut. Harry Winston sold it to Mexican actress María Félix, and it was eventually sold at Sotheby's in 1988 for $3.85 million and never seen again.
GX9j TIL that you’re never actually touching anything. Your atoms’ electrons repel objects when they’re 10^-8 meters away from you, but you can feel the force of the resistance.
loEmK TIL petit Four (small french pastries) got their name from how they are baked. Traditional brick ovens took a long time to cool down, so to not waste residual heat after baking bread, bakers made smaller cakes at this lower temperature. It was called baking à petit four - literally "at small oven."