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TIL that the Venetian Patent Statute, in 1474, is widely accepted to be the basis for the earliest patent system in the world.

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5Vo6R TIL a rose bush can change color due to grafting. Often, any color of rose is grafted onto a hardier rootstock, like the Dr. Huey variety. The grafted bush can die, and the rootstock grows again and produces a dark red rose, no matter what color the bush was before.
d8DQE TIL “Mini Jack Ma” comes from a poor Chinese family, and has received donations and at least one offer to fund his education—all thanks to his resemblance to the billionaire tycoon.
W7Zv8 TIL in 2006 Iran banned sale of The Economist magazine because it published a map labelling the Persian Gulf simply as Gulf
9YjKG TIL the citizens of Monaco are forbidden from entering the gaming rooms of the Monte Carlo Casino. The casino is for foreigners only.
d8Oe7 TIL the human body literally glows, emitting a visible light in extremely small quantities at levels that rise and fall with the day, scientists now reveal. Past research has shown that the body emits visible light, 1,000 times less intense than the levels to which our naked eyes are sensitive.