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TIL the Madison Square Garden company uses facial recognition to keep out enemy lawyers

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oBMD7 TIL the phrase "What would Jesus do?" came out of Christian Socialism, and the belief that the moral teachings of Jesus were thoroughly incompatible with capitalism
YXjd TIL that forks were used in China before the invention of chopsticks
wlgE TIL penguins can drink salt water because they have a supraorbital gland that filters excess salt from the bloodstream. The salt is excreted in a concentrated fluid from the nasal passages.
8O4a TIL of black rain, a form of precipitation caused by the immediate aftermath of a nuclear detonation, in which the water is black and sticky due to radioactive materials in the air.
xV7ag TIL People who eat cheese and butter daily live LONGER than those who don't. Scientists came to this conclusion after analyzing the diets of more than 130,000 people in almost two dozen countries.