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TIL PETA waged war on Pokemon for virtual animal cruelty.

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0Wxj TIL Gordon Ramsay nearly died in 2008 after falling down a 85m cliff in Iceland to icy water below. In 2011, he was doused in gasoline and held at gunpoint while investigating shark fin trading in Costa Rica.
R5W9a TIL Polaroid instant photos were first only available in sepia. The company published magazine ads for their black-and-white film before it was available in 1950 and employees worked quickly to meet public demand
rRK40 TIL The earliest known life-forms on Earth are fossilised micro-organisms, found in hydrothermal vent precipitates (holes in the sea floor). They date to between 3.77 billion and 4.28 billion years ago.
AN0yo TIL that a 4-year-old was arrested for witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials. Little Dorothy Good spent 10 months chained in a prison cell after confessing to a local judge that she had a pet snake that could talk.
A9gB TIL according to FBI files, the Jewish Defense League had extorted money from ‘various rap music stars’ by making 'death threats’ and then offering protection for a fee