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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.

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Qamp TIL that the State of Kansas is literally flatter than a pancake.
JJ7l TIL a group of developers spent 8 years recreating Streets Of Rage. The game had over 100 levels, 19 playable characters, and 76 remixed songs. Sega shut it down a week after it was released.
lYZ7 TIL that the DeLorean Motor Company, under new management, plans to release a new, electric DMC.
GLe5 TIL of the “Women Are Wonderful” effect: that people associate more positive attributes to women than to men, in general. While this attribution was true of both genders, woman’s in-group bias was 4 times greater than men’s.
DQaae TIL there’s a polish group of LARPers that recreate a small Ohio trailer park that features supernatural events; inspired by stranger things and x files.