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TIL that between 1906 and 1917, Stanford University in California played rugby union instead of American football.

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41mb TIL in 2012, inmates working in a Vermont prison print shop altered the official Vermont Police Crest to include the hidden image of a pig. The altered decals adorned 30 police cruisers for a year before anybody noticed.
Lk15P TIL that in the late 1700s and 1800s, there was widespread panic about the evils of book-reading, which was described as “an outrage on decency and common sense”. People were concerned that avid novel-readers were ‘addicted’ and were becoming anti-social.
Z880R When there's not enough of it, unwanted memories take over.
Z8KbY TIL of compass plants which tend to align their leaf blades on a North-South axis. This is the optimal alignment for minimal sunlight exposure.
0wYvy TIL Xbox kinect holds the fastest-selling gaming peripheral record, which sold through an average of 133,333 units per day in its first 60 days on sale from 4 November 2010 to 3 January 2011.