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TIL that the red spot on Jupiter is, in simple terms, a storm larger than earth that’s lasted for 150+ years

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d88ZZ TIL: That that little jeans pocket inside your actual jeans pocket originaly was designed to protect cowboys watches.
ON9Y TIL Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Super Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong, is not allowed to bike to work because his safety is too important to Nintendo
EOPP TIL: Sophie Scholl was a German woman executed by the Nazis for distributing anti-Nazi pamphlets. Her last words were: “How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to offer themselves up individually for a righteous cause? Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go.”
9dp6 TIL that in Bangalore, India, the government shames property tax defaulters by sending drummers to makes noise and wave banners outside of their properties until they pay their taxes.
XE8j6 TIL that in 2019, an Australian pig stole beer cans, became drunk, then started a fight with a cow