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TIL about Sci-Hub, a shadowy online library that bypasses paywalls to allow people to access over 50 million research papers for free, all in the interest of public knowledge.

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RwWl TIL The most complex character in the Chinese language takes 57 strokes to write. It is a noodle dish.
V05k TIL ‘Brown Eyed Girl’ by Van Morrison is about an interracial relationship and was originally titled 'Brown Skinned Girl’
N7NL8 TIL that 3 residents of the Greek island Lesbos in 2008, tried to ban the use of the word ‘Lesbian’. They felt it insulted their identity, as they believed the term described their own origins. They lost and had to pay court fees of €230.
xkAg TIL At the height of their power, the Pinkerton National Detective Agency employed more agents than there were members of the United States’ Standing Army, causing the state of Ohio to outlaw the agency due to fears it could be hired as a private army or Militia.
QJw0p TIL That wolf spiders make "purring" sounds to attract mates