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TIL That CAPTCHA is short for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart

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REOj TIL In the 1950s, the USSR started breeding foxes in an attempt to see how wolves may have been domesticated. As a result there are now domesticated foxes called Silver Foxes which are still being bred.
6EDKJ TIL that the game Geometry Dash used to be called, "Geometry Jump beta."
5VgP TIL there´s a hugely popular reality show in China that interviews death row prisoners moments before their execution
6rn7 TIL that a number of US states tax illegal drugs. You can buy drug stamps anonymously which you should keep with your stash, should it be seized you won’t have to face some fines if you have at least paid the right tax.
LpGZ TIL that within 3 years of TV catching on in Fiji in 1995, over 11% of girls reported purging to lose weight in a country previously free of eating disorders