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TIL it is impossible for modern computers to simulate a crumpled ball of paper.

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l7exB TIL that a juvenile orca started a fashion trend of wearing dead salmon as a hat and the whole group started wearing them.
e0Nm4 TIL of the Sator Square, a palindrome word square found in the ruins of Pompeii. The five words carved into it, "SATOR AREPO TENET OPERA ROTAS" can be read top-to-bottom, bottom-to-top, left-to-right, or right-to-left.
p8ZnA TIL of an all-female Anti-Poaching Unit in South Africa called Black Mambas. They reduced the number of incidents of snaring and poaching by as much as 76 percent
W1go TIL that only 1/3 of the people in America really supported the American Revolution in 1776
EBmx TIL that before a performance in Montreal, Ringo Starr received a telephoned death threat, and during the performance, he had his cymbals positioned vertically as an attempt to provide protection from would-be assassins.