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TIL that buying the Guy Fawkes “Anonymous” mask pays royalties to Time Warner, a nemesis of piracy.

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9Y8OQ TIL that by suppressing the expression of certain genes specifically for beak development, scientists were able to grow a chicken embryo with a dinosaur-like snout instead of a beak
l1dG TIL New Yorkers bite 10 times more people than sharks do worldwide
G7BQ TIL the Chinese are twice as willing to purchase products “Made in America” than Chinese products.
yQrM TIL that only 9 US Presidents to date were not millionaires
7bNZ TIL that an American tourist believed that he was taking part in a completely legal goat-burning tradition when he burned down a giant version of a traditional Swedish Yule Goat figure made of straw. He spent 18 days in jail and was fined 100,000 SEK (11, 785 USD)