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TIL of “Born Secret”, a legal principle in the US that classifies any nuclear science information at the moment of discovery, even if it wasn’t discovered by the government or serve any military purpose.

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4GbN TIL vasectomies increase 50% right before March Madness, that way men can sit at home and watch the tournament while recovering.
lnpK TIL Verizon’s Customer Agreement says (bluntly put) that their Sales Reps can lie to you and Verizon doesn’t have to honor what their Reps say.
DQ5ge TIL: When Pokémon was first released in the U.S. in 1998, the Mayor of Topeka, Kansas officially renamed the city to "ToPikachu". This was repeated by the Mayor in 2018 with the release of the "Pokemon: Let's Go" games.
vOP7 TIL That, due to a copyright error, Night of the Living Dead is public domain
vPE6K TIL: Pure water (distilled or deionized) is a poor conductor of electricity. It is the dissolved ions and contaminants that conduct electricity.