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TIL PETA thinks Pokemon promotes animal cruelty

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7ZjX TIL Viggo Mortensen collaborated with guitarist Buckethead on an album dedicated to Noam Chomsky.
6nEW TIL of “The Town That Has Burned for Fifty Years.” Centralia, Pennsylvania is a ghost town due to a massive underground inferno that has been burning since 1962.
DQggY TIL the embalmed head of moral philosopher Jeremy Bentham was kidnapped in 1975 by University College London students, who demanded a £100 ransom for charity. The university offered £10. The head was returned.
K8g9 TIL the word “gay” to mean homosexual came from the term “gaycat,” a slang term among “hobos” meaning a young man who accompanies an older, more experienced “hobo”
E1WMP TIL some fruits like pineapple, papaya, and mango can't be used fresh in Jello because they contain enzymes called proteases, which break down collagen proteins and prevent gelatin from setting. Cooking the fruit first inactivates the enzymes.