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TIL the British government has a public list of citizens that have repeatedly sued others without cause, and are now banned from doing so.

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v1nk4 TIL the world's first self-replicating synthetic organism also contains brainteasers written into its genetic code. Hidden inside its DNA are the names of its creators and famous quotes by James Joyce, Robert Oppenheimer, and Richard Feynman. There is also a URL address for those who crack the code.
Bg4xL TIL that there is such a thing as a Mountain Chicken. It is not a Chicken. It is, in fact, a kind of frog.
p8KJe TIL Baskin Robbins used to have a milkshake that contained 2600 calories, 1700mg of sodium, 135g of fat, and 263g of sugar. Unsurprisingly, Men’s Health Magazine dubbed it the worst food in the U.S.
D1jRr TIL The nudibranch species Elysia marginata has the ability to decapitate itself and regrow a new body from the head in order to get rid of parasites.
XO16 TIL that when Hitler forced the French to surrender during WW2 he did so on the site where the Germans were forced to surrender in WW1. Not only that but he found the same train carriage used in WW1 and forced the French to sign a surrender in that same train carriage.