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TIL the US + 11 nations are in meetings to create the TPP trade deal that would (1) create jail time for illegal downloading, (2) punish piraters by banning their use of internet (3) force ISPs to give your private data to government (4) censor the internet by removing content and entire websites

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697lY TIL that 17 pitchers were allowed to throw spitballs until they retired even after spitballs were banned in 1920
5YG8 TIL power rangers came from a japanese show called super sentai and for their 35th anniversary they made a movie where all 199 of them team up
0wWXA TIL the etymology of 'butternut squash' comes from the 1940's description, "smooth as butter, sweet as nut".
RVgj TIL that hypocrisy does not mean “not practicing what you preach”; it means falsely claiming to do so
7j7M TIL that after four weeks of testimony and over 70 witnesses, a jury in Memphis Tennessee found the United States Government guilty of conspiracy to assassinate Martin Luther King Jr. The King family, who filed the civil suit, was awarded $100.