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TIL Kirk means "church" in Scottish

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p8dvG The fire at the cathedral in April appears to have caused widespread lead dust contamination, prompting a lawsuit against the city.
Nw51 TIL that in 2011, Anonymous started attacking websites hosting child porn. Stating “Our demands are simple. Remove all child pornography content from your servers. It does not matter who you are, if we find you to be hosting, promoting, or supporting child pornography, you will become a target"
4kXNX TIL hiccups are an evolutionary remnant of amphibian respiration and came before lung respiration. This is supported by the fact that amphibians take in water and air through their gills through a similar mechanism to how we hiccup.
8eKvL TIL China Uses AI Camera to Capture Jaywalkers and Publicly Shame Them
xV8B5 TIL that conservationists created a match.com profile for the world’s loneliest frog named Romeo, in order to raise funds for expeditions to find more of his species. Their work paid off, and Romeo and Juliet are together at last.