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TIL that Steve Holland introduced a Mississippi state house bill in 2012 to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America as a criticism of Republican priorities

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loXk7 TIL Prehistoric rock art in the Saharan desert indicates that there were ancient hallucinogenic mushroom cults as far back as 9,000 years ago. The mushrooms were used in rituals of a mystico-religious nature, with drawings of Gods draped with the venerated mushrooms appearing repeatedly
wX8J TIL Kodak developed the first digital camera, but kept it secret for fear it would disrupt their film industry. Ultimately this would be their undoing.
e0aKk TIL Hubble watched a failed supernova turn into a black hole before its very eyes. These so-called "massive fails" (seriously) are thought to occur when the core of a star is so huge its exploding shell of gas cannot escape, and instead collapses back in on itself.
RDP7 TIL the word ‘you’ was once used only for two or more people, and 'thee’, 'thou’, 'thy’ etc referred to just one person.
wolPY TIL the original Xbox lost Microsoft 4 billion dollars over the course of it's lifespan