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TIL that seaweeds are not plants.

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m8Jv TIL Teddy Roosevelt saved American football from an outright ban after 18 players died in one season. He did this by implementing many rules that we know today, one of which includes the forward pass.
0bLA TIL despite having DNA evidence of the suspect, German police could not prosecute a $6.8M jewel heist because the DNA belonged to identical twins, and there was no evidence to prove which one of them was the culprit.
W8wN TIL Joseph Stalin ordered the development of a half man half ape, the creature would be resilient to to pain beyond a normal man and would not care about the quality of food given. When Stalins top scientist failed to do so, he had him executed.
4XLEX TIL about a psychological phenomenon called "cute aggression" where people will react to seeing cute things with violent impulses.
J1Y0v TIL that of the 48 million Americans with hearing loss, only 1% or 500,000 use sign language