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TIL that while the United States Supreme Court hear only about 70 cases a year, the Indian Supreme Court hear up to 700 legal matters in a single day.

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GApZ7 TIL humans can be born with tails.
aJbZ TIL, as of May 2014, the four largest wireless operators in the US will have a “Text-to-911” service intended for people with speech/hearing disability, as well as cases where a voice call might otherwise be dangerous.
69eBQ TIL: Biotech companies are using precision fermentation to turn plant material (e.g. potatoes) into chocolate in an effort to decrease the child-labor (2 million kids working in Western African cacao farms) and deforestation (-80% in Ivory Coast alone) caused by supplying the world with chocolate.
nVwd TIL there is a shade of pink that, when stared at for a short period of time, drastically reduces strength, so much so that US colleges used to paint opposing team’s locker rooms with it.
YA8G TIL Lincoln Logs were invented by John Lloyd Wright, son of the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright.