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TIL that Google™ Translate can be used as a proxy. It can access blocked websites at work/school

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5WQk TIL after US Representative Paul Broun stated that “ the sciences of embryology, evolution, and the Big Bang are lies straight from the Pit of Hell”, in the 2012 general election, over 5,000 voters in the 10th District voted for Charles Darwin as a write-in candidate.
dD0GK TIL about Ratatoskr a squirrel in Old Norse mythology who runs up and down the world tree Yggdrasil to carry messages (mostly insults) between the eagles perched atop Yggdrasil, and the serpent Níðhöggr.
1v1P TIL Google sent a lone employee to map an entire abandoned Japanese island, which was once the most densely-populated place on Earth
JYmRV TIL That we only get to see a prehistoric image of the universe. When we look up, we are looking at some 13 billion years into the past because light takes time to travel
R7vN1 TIL about Valor 1 and Valor 2. Two male bald eagles that shared a nest and a partner and have successfully raised eaglets after their partner left.