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TIL that scorpions are arachnids

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pYePQ TIL that KangaROOS sneakers, originally produced in 1979, were designed by Bob Gamm, an architect and jogging enthusiast who wanted a place to store his keys and money while running but preferred light clothing without pockets. Because of this, he designed the sneakers to have a zippered pocket.
bxK4 TIL that in Persian rug making, a deliberate mistake is always placed in the rug because ‘to weave a perfect rug or carpet would be an offence to Allah’
a94Z TIL the precedent set in the Supreme Court case of Wickard v Filburn (which allows the government to stabilize the market by destroying excess food) was used in Gonzales v. Raich to give the federal government the power to criminalize medicinal marijuana despite state laws which may make it legal
9YM4r TIL that in Finland there's an old measurement unit called "poronkusema" which can be translated to "reindeer’s piss". It describes the distance a reindeer can travel without having to stop to pee which is around 7 - 7.5km. Also reindeer can't walk and pee at the same time.
o0PR TIL Issac Newton called atheism “senseless” and warned against using the law of gravity to view the universe as a mere machine, saying, “This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent Being.”