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TIL George RR Martin types with one finger only

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OvKR TIL the world’s first pro-LGBT organization was found in 1897 in current Germany; they sought to repeal a law that criminalized sex between males and amongst the people that signed their petition was Albert Einstein
J1lrk TIL that Illinois fought and lost a war against crows in the 1930/40s.
lQ5V TIL the word “checkmate” derives from the Persian phrase “Shah Met” which means “the King is Dead.”
PnV TIL Truth serum is real and considered torture
J1NKj TIL there is a group called The Unicode Consortium. It's most well known for approving emoji designs. Its primary purpose is to maintain and publish the Unicode Standard which keeps code and text standardized across platforms.