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TIL that the European Organization for Nuclear Research has animal shelter for computer mice.

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WkZD8 TIL the movie Paranorman (2012) has the first explicit mention of a character being gay in modern animation
VMMx8 TIL that Ancient Romans didn't measure time in 60-minute hours. An hour was about 45 minutes in winter and 75 minutes in summer.
A7bo TIL A Native Canadian Tribe has successfully blocked Shell’s oil tar sands expansion with treaty protections signed in 1899
yQa1a TIL contemporaries of President Abraham Lincoln compared his high-pitched voice to a falsetto.
X0vDj TIL about the "Judas Wolf technique". This involves capturing a wolf in a net and putting a radio collar on it to lead government-contracted shooters back to its pack so they can be killed.