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TIL PETA waged war on Pokemon for virtual animal cruelty.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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