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TIL There is a UN treaty protecting freedom of thought, freedom of conscience, and freedom of religion as human rights

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4jRg TIL that Ashton Kutcher is the co-founder of Thorn; an international anti-human trafficking organization that works to address the sexual exploitation of children using software technology.
54lr TIL that you should not use flame or salt to remove a leech, as it may regurgitate its stomach contents into the wound.
NXwlQ TIL about the "invisible wall," an anomaly where workers encountered a strange "invisible wall" in the area under a fast-moving sheet of electrically charged polypropelene film in a factory. This "invisible wall" was strong enough to prevent humans from passing through.
8ewoa TIL the idea of machines gaining full consciousness and overthrowing humanity goes back all the way to 1863
rRxBw TIL that King Edward IV borrowed $348 from Oxford University in 1861. The king paid back $160 but never covered the remaining $224. The debt was forgotten until 1996, when it was rediscovered and calculated to have accumulated to $290 Billion.