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TIL that newgrounds.com is one of the oldest websites still around. It was founded in 1991.

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mxpaE TIL Venezuela is the least food secure country in the world
4O85 TIL - Universities get ‘Kickbacks’ from publishers for requiring their students to purchase textbooks
epk9D TIL about Leah Betts, a girl who made headlines after dying from taking a single ecstasy pill, did not die directly from the drug. Instead, she died from drinking 7 liters of water in 90 minutes. Ecstasy causes water retention, which can make even slightly high water consumption fatal.
OoXe6 TIL The robot in Rocky IV was originally built to help kids with autism and its success with Stallone’s own autistic son is how it ended up in the movie
Ryww TIL people on the Solomon Islands have a gene that causes blonde hair, despite their dark skin. This gene is unrelated to the one that causes blondeness in European peoples and evolved independently.