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TIL Apple tells moviemakers that villains can’t use their products.

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mBaM TIL that elections were never part of the first democracy in ancient Greece, where decision making was mainly done by the people themselves, frequently chosen by using a lottery system. They viewed elections as a system that encourages aristocracy and elitism.
jL4N TIL that in 539BC, Persian King Cyrus the Great issued the first ever decree on human rights. He freed slaves, declared that all people had the right to choose their own religion, and established racial equality.
8ePD8 TIL: The sahara desert was full of life several thousand years ago and there's even ancient rock art in the sahara that shows animals that only live in wetlands. Some historians believe the cultural memory of the green sahara drying up still exists today as the story of the garden of eden.
AGyl TIL the United States has been in a declared state of national emergency since 1933, and is currently under 30 national emergencies including 9/11, the Iranian hostage crisis and Colombian drug trafficking.
VV0B TIL “Bows eventually replaced spear-throwers as the predominant means for launching sharp projectiles on all continents except Australia.”