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TIL that studies show alcoholism can be attributed to genetics

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9QR6 TIL that the CERN management agreed and signed a legal document that made the web publicly available in such a way that no one could claim ownership of it and that would ensure it was a free and open standard for everyone to use.
NXE41 TIL That the first armored presidential vehicle in the US was confiscated Al Capone's car feds gave to Franklin D. Roosevelt
k8DB TIL The world’s most massive known organism, a 13 million pound Quaking Aspen clone colony in Utah named Pando, is dying.
x68O0 TIL that Unilever and Procter & Gamble have been fined $456 million for fixing the prices of washing powder in 8 European countries in 2011. The fines were reduced by 10% after the 2 industry giants admitted to organizing a cartel. Their rival Henkel, who provided the tip-off, wasn't fined in return
Zpl4a Today I learned that the FTC is investigating oil company collusion that caused much of the inflation seen in the US and much of the rest of the world since 2021.