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TIL the UK has separate area codes just for cell phones.

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LEjm TIL the US Patent and Trademark Office has the ability to suppress patents that it deems a danger to national security. As of 2012, over 5300 patents have been suppressed and Congress wants to give the USPTO broader powers to limit inventions that could damage the economy.
vPj94 TIL that the Cape golden mole is a solitary insectivore member of golden mole family native to Southern Africa.
5aD8 TIL that Vatican’s chief astronomer, Fr. George Coyne said, “Intelligent design isn’t science even though it pretends to be. If you want to teach it in schools, intelligent design should be taught when religion or cultural history is taught, not science.”
DoxV TIL that during WW2, American scientists debated bombing Japanese volcanoes in order to cause massive lava eruptions
XWRQ TIL that the Chinese company Netdragon Websoft built their corporate headquarters in the shape of the Starship Enterprise. The owner licensed the design legally from CBS.