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TIL a software company buried a $1,000 prize deep in its Terms of Service to see if anyone actually read them. After 4 months and over 3,000 sales, someone finally asked about the prize

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PraE TIL that it is impossible for a centipede to have 100 legs. They have one pair of legs per body segment, but always an odd number of body segments, allowing for 98 and 102 legs, but not 100.
7JZb TIL that Kanzi, a male bonobo, once snapped twigs for a fire, lit them with matches, and toasted marshmallows on a stick. He is also an accomplished stone tool maker and can flake cutting knives. He can play and understand how to beat a game of Pac-Man, too.
eO8b Til Paternity testing is illegal in France unless BOTH parents consent to it. This forces men to raise kids who are not theirs and can do absolutely nothing about it. Sending DNA samples in the mail will land you one year in jail and a big fine.
GNoN TIL: In an act of pure humanitarianism more than 200 elderly Japanese volunteered to help clean up after the Fukushima nuclear disaster reducing the exposure of radiation to the younger generation.
vPawR TIL actor Telly Savalas won a spelling bee in 1934 but due to an oversight, he did not receive his prize until 1991, when it was awarded to him by the Boston Harold and the school principal