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TIL Hans Lemurson created a working computer inside Minecraft, on top of which a Minecraft like game is run

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JYDgm TIL desegregation resulting from Brown v. Board of Education led to the layoff of 38,000 black teachers when school districts were integrated, even though black teachers had a greater percentage of college attainment than their white counterparts. 90% of black principles were also laid off.
mxx9P TIL There are four different types of OCD. One of them is checking. The checking is often carried out multiple times, sometimes hundreds of times, and for hours on end, resulting in the person being late for work, dates and other appointments.
4w7o TIL When LimeWire shut down back in 2010, the copyright damages were totaled to be ~$72 Trillion, greater than the sum of the world GDP, which came out to approximately $105,000 for every time one of the 11,000 copyrighted songs was downloaded. It was later settled with the RIAA for $105 Million.
kO46g TIL Rolls-Royce only uses leather from bulls living in a climate too cold for mosquitos, because they want to avoid the upholstery having blemishes caused by pregnancies and mosquito bites.
r1lw TIL a goat once killed his abusive owner in self-defense. The community rallied around the goat and saved its life.