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TIL that facial recognition on an iPhone probably doesn’t work on dead people.

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9wZ06 TIL chopsticks from Vancouver International Airport's food courts are upcycled into housewares and furniture
kOgQg TIL Cats and dogs noses are like human fingerprints - they have a unique pattern of ridges and creases!
YnE7 TIL one of the reasons marijuana is not legal today is because cotton growers in the 30’s lobbied against hemp farmers - they saw it as competition, even though it’s not chemically addictive
69Qvm TIL that George Washington signed the 1794 Slave Trade Act, which banned U.S. ships from participating in the Atlantic Slave Trade, as well as forbid the exportation of slaves for foreign sale. It was the first major piece of legislation against slavery passed by the United States government.
78EYL TIL that sea slugs decapitate themselves in order to regrow their bodies and to become more powerful in the oceans.