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TIL Giraffe meat is kosher because it technically follows the kosher rules of “having split hooves and chewing its cud” The only reason it is not eaten is because it is too expensive and not widely available.

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GBQ4 TIL the US Government considered nuking the Moon just to intimidate the Soviets
WkgB4 TIL that in a 2017 criminal case, the US government put the secrecy of its hacking tools above all else. Prosecutors chose to drop all charges in a case of child exploitation on the dark web rather than reveal the technological means they used to locate the anonymized Tor user.
ePw5 TIL Walt Disney planned his own city where everybody would be employed and working for Disney in some way. They would all pay rent for the priviledge of living there and would always be ensured the latest technology in their homes.
d8d6d TIL Sloths spend 90% of their time motionless, and that sloth fur is a “small ecosystem of its own” that supports symbiotic algae, moths, and various insects.
N7llP TIL that square-round ice cream cartons are called "Squrounds"