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TIL that censoring video games would be a first amendment violation, according to a 2011 verdict

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Z8GrB TIL that the clementine is a random cross between mandarin oranges and sweet oranges discovered at an orphanage in Algeria. Father Marie-Clement Rodiers found the new fruit growing in his orphanage’s garden in the late 19th century.
m15EE TIL Denisova Cave in Siberia is the one place where we are sure Homo Sapiens, Denisovans & Neanderthals have lived at one time or another. Though we cannot say if they ever lived there together.
M7r4K TIL that dung beetles use the Milky Way as a compass to help them roll out dung balls in organized routes. They take "snapshots" of the stars to create a mental map while "dancing" on top of dung balls.
JYxXQ TIL the first known flexible hose was an ox's intestines, used by the Greeks to fight fires. They used the stomach as a pump to force the water through.
vM04 TIL Teddy Roosevelt’s charisma had been described as “He wants to be the bride at every wedding, the corpse at every funeral, and the baby at every christening.”