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TIL about the Public Resource License of Scientific Advancement | Oxford | Released in 2021 to prevent universities from patenting student inventions, corps from patenting life/meds, and allows for any concept or work to be protected from WIPO so all humans can use freely; built from corp. law.

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b9kR9 TIL the daughter of Pakistan's ex PM used Typeface Calibri font to forge documents about illegal offshore companies. The documents were purportedly created in 2006. However, the font wasn’t publicly available to computer users worldwide until 2007.
78rYO TIL: Tapirs have prehensile penises that they use to grab hold of the females during mating to ensure insemination. The penis is also long enough to use to scratch its back.
E4Dx TIL a horse cannot vomit
wLKBW TIL that abolitionist martyrJohn Brown was “cheerful” awaiting execution. Brown, a devout Christian recognizing the power of martyrdom, was “fully persuaded that I am worth inconceivably more to hang than any other purpose.” Emerson: “If he shall suffer. the gallows will be glorious like the cross.”
6mPJ TIL: In Australia, to encourage third party votes, if the third party candidate doesn’t win, your vote goes towards your second choice.