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TIL There is only one pig in Afghanistan
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TIL People with ADD/ADHD have the ability to hyperfocus their attention during tasks that interest them.
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TIL that Robert Williams was the first known human to be killed by a robot, in 1979.
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Til that some christian groups criticized Dungeons and Dragons for promoting the veneration of demons, murder, and satanism, even though the creator of D&D was a committed christian.
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TIL a Peacock is a male Peafowl. A Peahen is a female, and together they have Peachicks.
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TIL in the 1500s, British sailors would receive rations of rum as partial payment. To ensure the rum wasn’t watered down, they would measure the proof by dousing gunpowder with it, & then test to see if the gunpowder would ignite. The gunpowder would only ignite if the rum was >57% alcohol by volume