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TIL about turkey tails and their connection to obesity in the Pacific Islands.

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nWVyW TIL that self-hacking by virus is not only a mechanism in BioShock
5gAD TIL Former Liberian President, Charles King, is listed in the Guinness Book of Records for the most fraudulent election reported in history, having won the 1927 election with 234,000 votes in a country with 15,000 registered voters
6dXX TIL on this day, Congress passed the Sedition Act of 1798, making it a federal crime to publish false, scandalous or malicious writing about the U.S. government. President John Adams later signed it into law.
Bgp9D TIL that following the D-Day invasion the USS Texas intentionally flooded part of itself to allow the ships guns to fire further inland
aV1L TIL the average color of the universe is a beigeish white, and is named “Cosmic Latte”