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TIL Pornography can never be outlawed in the U.S. and is constitutionally protected under the First Amendment

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P1WpO TIL that the diesel engine/fuel source are named after their inventor Rudolph Diesel. More than 95% of today’s ships run on petroleum products, fueling diesel engines which have been optimized for their specific purposes. They ship about 90% of global trade.
78aO TIL the blind get a 50% discount on TV licenses in the UK
eppXJ TILT there were (twin) pregnancies wherein the more developed kid pumps blood for both the twins (acardiac and cardiac), and the acardiac twin cannot reciprocate it in any way, therefore causing cardiac failure in the developed one.
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