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TIL that Somali Piracy began as a response to illegal fishing which depleted local fish stocks

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BrdRk TIL John Deere forces farmers to pay for expensive repairs due to their proprietary software, and refusal to let farmers self repair their own equipment with open source tools
8aQNZ TIL that the speed of 100km/h was first reached by a car in 1899. The car was fully electric.
j6Lwv TIL that mammary glands are modified/based off sweat glands
grxoy TIL: In the film Jurassic Park (1993), the sound of the T. rex roar was a blend of various animal sounds. To create the fearsome roar, sound designer Gary Rydstrom combined the sounds of an elephant, a tiger, an alligator, and a baby crying.
QNKDd TIL Sir Isaac Newton was obsessed with the occult, and developed the theory of gravity based on occult belief in “action at a distance”