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TIL that according to the US Supreme Court, mathematics cannot be patented

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EORo TIL that while filming the Shawshank Redemption, the American Humane Association objected that feeding the live maggot to the crow was inhumane towards the maggot, and required one be fed that had died from natural causes.
xVZXo TIL that 100 million Americans (~30%) are currently hosting a parasite.
XRbX TIL of the theory that in ‘Superman’ (1978), Superman doesn’t actually turn back time by litterally reversing the earth’s rotation. Instead, he himself travels to the past by flying faster than the speed of light, and the reversing earth is simply a visual metaphor for this.
QJZX9 TIL that there were plans to have George Washington be buried in a tomb beneath the rotunda of the U.S. capitol building which would have a glass floor to allow the public to view the tomb.
0py1 TIL the greatest weight ever lifted by a human being was for backlifting 6270 pounds (2840 kg) that was raised slightly off trestles by Paul Edward Anderson.