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TIL that Sir Terry Pratchett wrote lines for an Oblivion mod

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wLbaM TiL One of the few (and perhaps the only) citizen-led protest against Kristallnacht in 1938 was organised by an Indigenous Australian named William Cooper. Almost 30 years before Indigenous Australians were allowed to be citizens of Australia.
xVR7B TIL that daily or weekly streak doesn’t motivate people to continue doing something once it’s discontinued. Rather, it’s better to show the total number of days that you did something since the number will never be decreased and never demotivate users.
6ElX8 TIL about Roman aristocrats drinking copious amounts of remarkably toxic lead wine lol
NXGp1 TIL that evolution does not replace or invent something new entirely. It works by modifying existing capabilities (makes them superior)
v0rK TIL In 1999, Norway granted refuge to a U.S. drug smuggler because the Supreme Court declared that U.S. prisons do not meet “minimum humanitarian standards.”