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TIL about Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy, a treatment that can restore walking for children with cerebral palsy

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GdEQ TIL the US Supreme Court has judged that in some circumstances personal insults and epithets constitute “fighting words” and are not protected by the 1st Amendment. This is also legally distinct from incitement and hate speech.
lodYN TIL the largest action of the American War of Independence was actually the Great Siege of Gibraltar (1779-1783) by a combined French & Spanish force, showing how the Thirteen Colonies were merely one theatre of a much wider war.
EYkP TIL The company “Internet Eyes” provides live stream CCTV footage from stores in England so its online users can report shop-lifting for cash reward.
AN7Nn TIL that Star Wars was based on the Roman Empire
P1Agn TIL that the American Beautyberry fruit is food for more than 40 species of songbirds and eaten by armadillo, foxes, opossum, raccoon, squirrels and white tailed deer (eat fruit and leaves) in addition to being used as medicine by Native American tribes and as mosquito repellent by early farmers.