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TIL that bar code scanners scans the white space, instead of black lines.

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OGlg7 TIL the official motto of the United States of America is “in God we Trust” which was signed into law during the 1950s
EnwV TIL that astronomers recently discovered an unfathomably large structure just beyond the edge of the known universe that is pulling galaxies towards it at breakneck speeds. Some think it could be another universe butting up against ours.
yQEW8 TIL there was an official writer's guide for the original Star Trek series. The pages included story advice, character attributes ("Captain Kirk is a space-age Horatio Hornblower"), costuming ("no pockets or space suits"), Stardate calculation, and told writers to contact NASA for technical advice.
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9YQjQ TIL a Black Robin named Old Blue has become the mother of her entire species when she was the last fertile female in a group of 5 Robins. There are now 250 Black Robins on the Chatham Islands, and have raised their status from Critically Endangered to Endangered.