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TIL: Scientists May Have Evidence We Are In A Matrix-Like Simulation.

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R5k9 TIL many shelters won’t allow black cats to be adopted around Halloween, for fear that they may be sacrificed or tortured
gMe0y TIL that Texas has it's own separate electrical grid from the rest of the US. This was done for political purposes so that they didn't have to deal with Federal regulations.
0d99A TIL about the Candle Salad, a popular dish in the 1920 - 1950s in the US. Made from a banana, pineapple on a bed of lettuce, with mayo or cottage cheese and a cherry on top. In the 50s it was used to encourage kids to eat fruit.
D88r TIL of the Daughter from California Syndrome where relatives of terminal patients who haven’t seen them in a long time demand aggressive procedures to prolong their life.
eXkD TIL that the second verse of the Friends theme song contains the lyric “Your mother warned you there’d be days like these,” despite the first line of the song being “So no one told you life was gonna be this way”.