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Today I learned that the release of Little Big Planet was delayed by a week because of the inclusion of music with arabic lyrics from the Quran

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pYaOQ TIL about "Green Rust", a highly reactive iron mineral that scientists believe could have been a precursor to life on Earth by acting as a catalyst for converting simple organic molecules into more complex structures
W5No TIL that the latin name for the american Plains Bison is “Bison bison bison”
awjpZ TIL of catastrophism, a 19th century geological school of thought which saw the large fossil record as evidence proving the existence of a world previous to ours, destroyed by sudden natural catastrophes such as great floods and the rapid formation of major mountain chains.
vWBD TIL the two African-American athletes who gave the Black Power salute at the 1968 Olympics were also shoeless during the protest. This was to represent black poverty.
N7jEQ TIL snails use only 2 brain cells to make "complex decisions". One cell tells the snail if it's hungry, the other tells the snail if food is around