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TIL Twitter owns the patent to the “pull to refresh” feature common on so many applications, but has vowed not to sue other companies that use the gesture, as part of a broader intellectual property detente.

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b6nY4 TIL there is an adverse association between school building conditions and student absenteeism.
yQxZv Today I learned that Jason Weaver's (The Lion King, The Jacksons American Dream, ATL, Smart Guy) Mom and Aunt were on the original Sparkle soundtrack with Aretha Franklin
oRNEL TIL, 14-year-old Caleb Rebh accidentally choked himself to death while working as a scare actor after he had tied a noose around his neck to appear more scarier. While Caleb was struggling to untie the rope from his neck, no one helped him because they thought he was acting.
6OBX TIL Women are physiologically better at distinguishing color, while men better distinguish moving objects.
pYZmQ TIL that the island of Ocracoke, North Carolina was the location where the pirate Blackbeard died on November 1718.